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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR. JUSTICE M.A.ABDUL HAKHIM, J
M.R. Satheesh Kumar, S/o. Madavan Nair – Appellant
Versus
Soya. B., D/o. Mariyamma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The appellant is the first respondent in E.A.No.1394/2007 filed under Order 21 Rule 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the decree holder in the suit. The 1st respondent is the claim petitioner who filed E.A.No.1394/2007. The 2nd respondent is the 2nd respondent in E.A.No.1394/2007 and judgment debtor in the suit.
2. The brief facts which are essential for the disposal of the Appeal are: The appellant filed O.S.No.54/2003 on 30.01.2003 against the second respondent for realisation of an amount of Rs.1,01,550/- with interest. The appellant obtained attachment before the judgment of the property of the 2nd defendant on 03.02.2003 as per order in I.A.No.700/2003. The suit was decreed in favour of the appellant as per the judgment and decree dated 31.10.2003. The appellant filed E.P.No.166/2005 for realisation of the decree debt. During the pendency of the Execution Petition, the first respondent filed E.A.No.1394/2007 praying to vacate the attachment over the plaint schedule property. The claim of the first respondent is that she purchased the property as per Ext.A1 Sale Certificate dated 18.02.205 from HSBC Bank, Vellayambalam, in the sale conducted by the Bank under th
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The rights of an innocent third party purchaser and the timing of property transactions are protected under Section 64(2) CPC.
A transfer made with knowledge of an attachment before judgment can be contested as fraudulent under Section 53 of the Transfer of Property Act.
Collusive transfer to defeat creditor voidable under execution proceedings despite preceding attachment if lacking bona fides.
(1) Alienation of property after attachment – Where attachment has been made, any private transfer or delivery of property attached or of any interest therein and any payment to judgment-debtor of an....
Order 21 Rule 58(1) of CPC reads adjudication of claims to, or objections to attachment of, property.
(1) Attachment before judgment cannot extend to properties which have already been alienated prior to institution of suit – Attachment before judgment cannot override a prior completed transfer.(2) E....
The sale deed was upheld as valid under Section 53 of the Transfer of Property Act due to the absence of any fraud.
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