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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
KRUSHNA RAM MOHAPATRA
Pratimma Palo – Appellant
Versus
Santilata Dei – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background on the execution case and abatement of petition (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments on petition maintainability (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. court's observations on notice and presumptions (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. ratio decidendi on condonation of delay and legal error (Para 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 5. final judgment and order (Para 12 , 13) |
JUDGMENT :
1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.
3. Mr. Mohanty, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that Title Suit No.167 of 1998 was filed by the Petitioner against said Nityananda Jadab for specific performance of contract. The suit was decreed ex-parte on 29th March, 2003. Thereafter, the Petitioner filed Execution Case No.24/1 of 2010/2003 for execution of the decree. During pendency of the Execution Case, said Nityananda Jadab filed C.M.A. No.04 of 2004 (renumbered as CMA No. 311 of 2011) under Order IX Rule 13 CPC to set aside the ex-parte decree. During pendency of said C.M.A., Nityananda Jadab died. Since no step was taken either for substitution or to pursue the petition under Order IX Rule 13 , the same was dismissed as abated. However, the Petitioner filed a petition for substitution in the Execution Case No.24/1 of 2010/2003 t
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