(A) Civil P.C. (5 of 1908) , O.14 R.2— Preliminary issue - Mixed issue of law and fact in suit - Cannot be tried by Court as preliminary issue. (B) Civil P.C. (5 of 1908) , O.7 R.11— Demurrer - Plea as to - What amounts to. (C) Civil P.C. (5 of 1908) , O.7 R.11(d)— Rejection of Company Petition - Not permissible unless it becomes apparent from reading of Company Petition that the same is barred by limitation. (Para 16) (D) Limitation Act (36 of 1963) , S.3— Limitation - Plea of - Cannot be decided as abstract principle of law divorced from facts - It is mixed question of law and fact. (E) Companies Act (1 of 1956) , S.155, S.77— Limitation Act (36 of 1963) , S.17, Art.137— Company petition - Filing of - Limitation - Petition by shareholders for rectification of register of company - Ground of fraudulent utilization of company's funds by respondents to purchase its own shares in violation of S. 77 of Companies Act - Limitation for filing said petition - Would begin to run from date, petitioners discovered fraud or got knowledge of the same - Petition cannot be thrown out a....