JUDGEMENT
MOHAMMAD RAFIQ -
(1.) This writ petition has been filed by the
petitioner -decree holder, who has approached this Court with the
grievance that despite judgement and decree passed in his favour in the
suit for specific performance on 5.9.2012 by the Court of Additional
District Judge (Fast Track) No.5, Jaipur Metropolitan so far the
execution of the aforesaid decree has not been made. In the earlier
stage, the learned executing court was delaying the execution only
because the defendant -respondent filed the first appeal before this
Court, but now the appeal has been dismissed on 8.12.2014. Therefore,
even that reason has also ceased to exist. There is no justification for
delaying the execution of the judgement -decree. Learned counsel in
support of his contentions relied on the judgement in Satyawati v.
Rajinder Singh & Anr.(2013) 9 SCC 491 and argued that Supreme Court has
deprecated unreasonable delay on the part of the executing court in
execution of the decree.
(2.) Dr. P.C. Jain, learned counsel for the respondent submitted that the judgement of this Court passed in first appeal aforesaid has been
subjected to challenge before the Supreme Court by filing Special Leave
to Petition and, therefore, this Court as also the executing court,
should await decision of the Supreme Court.
(3.) The Supreme Court in the aforesaid judgement of Satyawati, supra has deprecated the delay in execution of decree passed in civil suit. The
Supreme Court held that it is really agonising to learn that the
appellant decree -holder is unable to enjoy the fruits of her success
despite lapse of long period of time since passing of the judgement and
decree. The Supreme Court has referred to earlier previous judgements of
Privy Council in General Manager of the Raj Durbhunga v. Coomar Ramaput
Sing, (1871 -72) 14 MIA 605 : 20 ER 912 and Kuer Jang Bahadur v. Bank of
Upper India Ltd.AIR 1925 Oudh 448 (PC) wherein it was observed that
Courts in India have to be careful to see that the process of the Court
and the law of procedure are not abused by judgement -debtors in such a
way as to make courts of law instrumental in defrauding creditors, who
have obtained decrees in accordance with their rights.;
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