Where neither party makes any appropriation, the payment shall be applied in discharge of the debts in order of time, whether they are or are not barred by the law in force for the time being as to the limitation of suits. If the debts are of equal standing, the payment shall be applied in discharge of each proportionably.
CHAPTER IV OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS · Appropriation of payments
Section 61: Application of payment where neither party appropriates
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1. Under Section 61 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, where neither the debtor nor the creditor makes any appropriation of a payment, the payment is applied: