( 1 ) THIS is an application under Order 21, Rule 41 of the Code of Civil Procedure for examination of judgmentdebtor Rajendra Singh Sethia as to his property in a proceeding for execution of a foreign decree passed by the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division of England.

( 2 ) SOMETIME in January, 1984 the plaintiff-decree-holder, Middle East Bank Ltd. , filed a suit in the Queen's Bench Division in the High Court of Justice in London against amongst others the respondent/judgmentdebtor, Rajendra Singh Sethia. The suit was filed against the respondent/judgment-debtor along with four others. The writ of summons was served on the respondent/judgment-debtor and the other defendants in the suit. The said writ of summons was accepted by the Solicitors of the third defendant (the judgment-debtor by the name of Messrs. Iringhans ). A certificate of such service was issued by the Master of Queens Bench Division of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

( 3 ) ON 8/02/1985 the plaintiff/decree-holder obtained a judgment against the five defendants including the respondent/judgment-debtor in the Commercial Court of Queen's Bench Division in the High Court