Karnataka High Court
Judges : K.S.BHATT
KARIYAPPA - Appellant
Versus
HALADAPPA - Respondent
C. R. P. 3285 Of 1987
Decided On : 08/19/1988
Advocates Appeared :
H.G.RAMESH, M.RAGHAVENDRA RAO, U.L.NARAYANA RAO
wilful disobedience - execution of decree - Order 21 Rule 32 - summary of acts and sections discussed: O. 21 R. 32 (5), C. P. C.
Fact of the Case:
The decree-holders sought execution of a decree for permanent injunction against the defendants. The Executing Court rejected the execution case, stating that the petition was vague and did not disclose the date of violation of the decree.
Finding of the Court:
The court found that the decree-holder failed to prove wilful disobedience of the decree by the judgment-debtor, and remitted the matter back to the Executing Court for further proceedings.
Issues: The main issue was whether the decree-holder could invoke O. 21 R. 32 (5) to enforce the terms of a prohibitory injunction.
Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the provisions of O. 21 R. 32 (5), CPC is inapplicable to enforce the terms of a prohibitory injunction.
Final Decision: The Civil Revision Petition was allowed, and the case was remitted back to the Executing Court for further proceedings.
( 1 ) THIS Civil Revision Petition is by the decree-holders, whose execution case was rejected by the Executing Court. On 26-02-1988, after hearing the learned Counsel for the petitioner, I had allowed the petition and directed the Executing Court to proceed with the execution. On the said date, even though the respondent had been served with the notice of the C. R. P. he was not present and he was not represented by any Counsel. Thereafter, I. As. I to III were filed by the respondent, seeking the said order to be recalled and other incidental reliefs. The reason for his absence and non-representation at the time of the said disposal of the C. R. P. is fully explained by the respondent. Sri H. G. Ramesh, the learned Counsel for the decree holder, fairly did not oppose the said I. As. Consequently, my order dated 26-02-1988 is recalled. The learned Counsel for both parties were ready for arguments on merits of the C. R. P. and they were fully heard.
( 2 ) A few facts are necessary to be stated. Decree-holder filed a suit seeking a decree against the defendants "for permanent injunction restraining them from trespassing into the suit schedule sites and putting any structure thereon and also from interfering with the plaintiff's peaceful possession and enjoyment thereof. " It is not necessary to refer to the incidental relief sought in the plaint, The schedule gave the particulars of three sites as K. Nos. 16, 17 and 18. In the plaint, it was averred that the defendants were trying to put up some structure on the properties of the plaintiff under the guise of putting up a shed in the site No. 19 belonging to defendant. This suit was ultimately numbered as O. S. 133/1972 (on transfer from another Court, where it was filed as O. S. 417/1970 ). The suit was dismissed on 26-06-1974. But, on appeal, the suit was decreed on 25-08-1975, in R. A. No. 138/1974. The Second Appeal, R. S. A. No. 1089/1975 filed by the defendants was dismissed by this Court at the stage of admission.
( 3 ) IN the course of arguments, it was brought to my notices that, subsequently, the defendants filed a suit O. S,104/1976 for a declaration of their title and possession of these properties. The suit was dismissed on 08-08-1983, and the appeal R. A. No. 5/1983 filed by them is pending in the Court of the District Judge, Shimoga. It seems the Appellants in the said appeal filed I. A. III seeking, inter alia, stay of the execution in Execution Case No. 82/1984 (i. e. the execution case, out of which, the present C. R. P. has arisen ). But the said I. A. III was rejected by the learned District Judge by his order dated 03-09-1986, holding that, obviously, the suit properties were with the respondents therein. The said appeal R. A. 5/1983, however, is still pending.
( 4 ) IN this execution case, the decree-holder filed I. A. I. on 17-10-1984, for an order to appoint a Commissioner for removal of the superstructure unauthorisedly built by the judgment-debtor in violation of the injunction decree. The Executing Court rejected the execution case and the said I. A. I. observing that, (i) the execution petition does not disclose as to when and on what date the judgment-debtor violated the decree and put up the construction, when the judgment-debtor has specifically pleaded in his objection to the execution case, that the superstructure was constructed in the year 1968, (ii) it was not brought to the notice of the Court "by filing any of the affidavits of the adjacent inhabitants to satisfy the Court that prima facie, there is a violation of perpetual injunction and judgment -debtor has done so intentionally in violation of the decree", (iii) "even if this Court conducts an enquiry in order to provide an opportunity for the decree-holder to prove the violation of the perpetual injunction, he may not succeed because now after this order he has to find out some day, time and evidence in order to strengthen his case. " Under these circumstances, the pet
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