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2014 Supreme(Ker) 99

High Court of Kerala
K. HARILAL, J.
Haridas Chettiar & Another
Versus
Rajeswary
Crp. No. 409 of 2011
Decided On: 14-02-2014

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners:G. Sreekumar, (Chelur), K. Ravi (Pariyarath), Advocates.
For the Respondent:E.K. Madhavan, P. Vijayamma, V. Krishna Menon, Prinsun Philip, J. Surya, P.V. Ingitha, Advocates.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code. 1908, Section 47 and Rule. 3 - Settlement of Dispute - Deed of Compromise containing conditions under - Applicability of Doctrine of Principle of Estoppel under - Held, as conditions regulating the execution of the compromise decree is legally valid and permissible.- unless and until that condition regulating the execution of the decree is satisfied, this decree cannot be executed- passed on terms of the agreement containing conditions beyond the subject matter or scope of the suit, in execution, parties cannot turn round and contend that such conditions indivisible in nature and it can be taken as whole only. Similarly, executing court cannot go behind the decree. If that be so, the conditions which stand beyond the scope of the suit or falling outside the subject matter of the suit and included the decree

Judgment

1. The revision petitioners are the decree holders in E.P.No.237/2010 in O.S.No.289/2003 on the files of the Additional Sub Court, N.Paravur. The above Execution Petition was filed by them for realisation of an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- with interest @ 12% per annum from the date of decree due under a compromise decree. As per the terms of compromise, the respondent herein is liable to pay a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/-to the revision petitioners provided that the respondent herein obtained possession over 1/10th share in the property involved in O.S.No.399/2003 which was pending before the Sub Court, Paravur. Further, it was stipulated that if the respondent herein is refusing to pay the said amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- to the revision petitioners, she is liable for paying interest @ 12% per annum from the date on which she got exclusive possession over 1/10th share of the property in O.S.No.399/2003.

2. In the above execution petition, the petitioners have sought for realisation of the above mentioned amount of Rs.1,50,000/- with interest @ 12% per annum from the date of decree. The respondent contended that the execution petition itself is a premature one and the same is opposed to the terms of compromise decree. Unless and until the respondent obtains 1/10th share in the property involved in O.S.No.399/2003, which is pending before the Sub Court, Paravur, the petitioners/decree holders are not entitled to realise the said amount by executing the decree. After considering the objection raised by the respondent herein, the execution court accepted the objection and dismissed the execution petition as premature one. The legality and regularity of the above order is under challenge in this revision petition.

3. The learned counsel for the revision petitioners advanced arguments in support of the contentions raised in the revision petition. The learned counsel mainly contented that the execution court ought to have seen that the condition requiring obtaining of 1/10th share by the judgment debtor, which stand outside the scope of the present suit, cannot be taken as a factor regulating execution of the decree passed in the present suit. The clause relating to 1/10th share as a condition regulating the payment of Rs.1,50,000/-is not liable to be considered, for the execution of the decree for money. According to the revision petitioners, the agreement entered into between the parties is an uncertain agreement and the decree is executable in so far as the petitioners are concerned. So long as the decree recognized the liability of the judgment debtor, it cannot be held that the execution petition is a premature one.

4. Per contra, the learned counsel for the respondent advanced arguments to justify the finding of the court below that the execution petition is a premature one. It is submitted that the parties to the decree are bound by the terms of the decree and execution court cannot go behind the decree. The matters relating to the parties which are not subject matter of the suit and falling outside the scope of the decree also can be included in the compromise and the decree passed thereunder. So, inclusion of the clause relating to 1/10th share in the subject matter of another suit O.S.No.399/2003 is proper and justifiable. Therefore, the revision petitioners are liable to give exclusive possession over 1/10th share in property to the respondent and unless and until the said share is given to the respondent, the revision petitioners are not entitled to claim Rs.1,50,000/-from the respondent, under the decree. In short, the decree becomes enforceable, when the respondent gets 1/10th share in the property.

5. In view of the rival contentions, the short question that arises for consideration in this revision petition is, whether the condition which stand beyond the scope of suit or fall outside the subject matter of the suit and included in the decree can regulate the execution of the compromise decree. Needless to say, answer to













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