Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 35 -- Execution - Decree for specific performance - Delivery of possession - Decree attained finality and sale deed of subject land already executed in favour of DH - Once title has been conveyed denial of possession would render decree itself ineffective and frustrate the very purpose of granting specific performance...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 47 -- Execution - Objections - Objections not pertain to execution, discharge or satisfaction of decree in true sense, but is an attempt to obstruct its enforcement on grounds which either stood concluded in the suit or are otherwise untenable at the stage of execution - Objection rightly rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 47 -- Execution - Objections - Decree for specific performance - Plea of joint and un-partitioned land - Transferee of a co-sharer's interest is entitled to joint possession and other rights available to transferor - Executing Court by directing delivery of possession, cannot be said to have granted exclusive possession of a demarcated..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 47 -- Execution - Objection - Decree for specific performance - Delivery of possession - Plea regarding mortgage - Rights of mortgagee if any remain protected in accordance with law and such plea cannot be used by JD to resist delivery of possession to DH - Moreover, no objection relating to pendency of a revenue suit, interim injunction..........
Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Trial Court had passed a decree for eviction on the basis of evidence on record which was reversed by Appellate Court - It was therefore necessary for High Court to have taken into consideration the entire material available on record including affidavit of defendant which denied bona fide need of plaintiffs - Thus, by failing to do..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(iii) -- Divorce - Unsoundness of mind - Medical examination of spouse - Matrimonial Court possesses sufficient power to direct medical examination in case decree for divorce u/s 13(1)(iii) of the Act is sought - However, such an order can be passed upon Court satisfying itself as to existence of ground on basis of evidence tendered..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Sale deeds executed by defendants in favour of third parties during pendency of litigation are certainly hit by doctrine of lis pendens and are non est - Plaintiffs have got sale deed of suit land executed in their favour by following due process of law on the basis of decree of specific performance granted in their favour by..........
Damages -- Suit for defamation - Cause of action for defamation is a personal action and is governed by the principle actio personalis moritur cum persona - Cause of action for defamation does not survive after death of the person concerned, since relief claimed is personal in nature and becomes nugatory upon death - Legal position is thus : (i) If plaintiff dies before a..........
Defamation -- Suit for damages - Death of sole defendant after decreetal of suit during pendency of second appeal - Suit for damages already decreed and Court awarded damages to plaintiff - Liability has taken the form of a debt payable out of estate of deceased defendant - Even though original cause of action was personal in nature, proceedings cannot be treated as..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 136 -- Execution - Limitation - Starting point of limitation - Appeal filed against decree dismissed in default - It still gives rise to a fresh starting point of limitation for execution of decree even if such dismissal is for reason of non prosecution...........
