Allahbad High Court
JAGMOHANLAL,PREMPRAKASH
Jamaluddin - Appellant
Versus
Asimullah - Respondent
Decided On : 07/24/1973
SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT, 1963 - SECTION 6 - APPEAL - NO APPEAL LIES FROM ORDER OR DECREE PASSED IN SUIT INSTITUTED UNDER SECTION 6 - EXECUTION PROCEEDINGS ARE CONTINUATION OF SUIT - ORDER PASSED UNDER SECTION 47 RELATING TO EXECUTION OF DECREE IS ALSO AN ORDER OR DECREE TO WHICH PROVISIONS OF SUB-SECTION (3) SHALL BE APPLICABLE.
Fact of the Case:
In a suit under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, the decree-holders obtained possession of a piece of land. The judgment debtors filed an objection under Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure, alleging that the land delivered to the decree-holders was not the subject-matter of the suit and belonged to them independently. The execution Court dismissed the objection, and the judgment debtors appealed.
Finding of the Court:
The Court held that no appeal lies from an order or decree passed in a suit instituted under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, either on the regular side or on the execution side. The execution proceedings are a continuation of the suit, and an order passed under Section 47 relating to the execution of a decree is also an order or decree to which the provisions of Sub-Section (3) shall be applicable.
Issues: Whether an appeal lies from an order passed under Section 47(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to a decree passed in a suit instituted under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963.
Ratio Decidendi: The Court relied on the provisions of Sub-Section (3) of Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, which provides that no appeal shall lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section. The Court held that this provision includes even an order passed on the execution side in relation to a decree passed in that suit.
Final Decision: The Court dismissed the appeal on the preliminary ground that it was incompetent.
JAGMOHAN LAL, J. :- This second appeal arising out of execution proceedings was referred by a learned single judge of this Court to a Bench on account of tome important point involved therein. The brief facts giving rise to this appeal were That the respondents Azimullah and others brought a suit under Section 6 of the Specific Belief Act, 1963 against Jamaluddin and others appellants for possession over plot No. 545/3 measuring nine biswas. That suit was decreed. The decree-holders put that decree in execution and obtained possession over a piece of land describing it to be plot No. 545/3. An objection under Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure was filed by the judgement debtors alleging that the land on which possession was actually delivered to the decree-holders was constituted by plot No. 545/1 which was not the subject-matter of that suit under Section 6 and it belonged to them independently of the decree passed in favour of the respondents. The execution Court issued a commission and after taking into consideration the relevant facts came to the conclusion that the land over which possession had been delivered to the decree-holders was the same in respect of which the decree had been passed and which was numbered as 545/3 though subsequently its number was changed to 545/1. After this finding the objection under Section 47 raised by the judgement -debtors was dismissed.
2. The judgement-debtors then filed an appeal before the District judge which was dismissed and thereafter they filed this second appeal.
3. A preliminary objection was raised that this second appeal, and actually the first appeal also, was not competent in view of the provisions contained in Sub-Section (3) of S. 6 of the Specific Relief Act which provides that no appeal that lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section, nor shall any review of any such order or decree be allowed. Execution proceedings are continuation of the suit and an order passed under Section 47 relating to the execution of a decree is also an order or decree to which the provisions of Sub-Section (3) shall be applicable. The same view was taken by a learned tingle Judge of this Court in Brij Lal v. Mahadeo. AIR 1954 AD 19 after considering several other cases of this Court and other High Courts. Reference may be made to Harakh v. Ram Sarup, (1890) ILR 12 All 579; Din Dayal v. Patrakhan. (1896) ILR 18 All 481; Narayan Permanand v. Nagindas Bhaidas, (1906) ILR 30 Bom 113; Kanai Lal Ghose v. Jatindra Nath Chandra. ILR 45 Cal 519 : (AIR 1918 Cal 925); Thomas Souza v. Ghulam Moidin Beari. (1903) ILR 26 Mad 438; Partab Singh v. Nathu. AIR 1922 Lah 416; Munshiram v. Amin Chand. AIR 1928 Lal 539 and Zakatali v. Israr Hussain. AIR 1947 Nag 53. These decisions with which we respectfully agree support the conclusion that in view of the provision contained in Section 9 of the Specific Relief Act. 1877 (corresponding to Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963) no appeal shall lie from an order or decree passed in a suit instituted under that section either on the regular side or on the execution side. This is clear from the language of Sub-Section (3) of S. 6 itself which, in our opinion, would include even an order passed on the execution side in relation to a decree passed in that suit That being so, the first appeal filed before the District Judge as well as the second appeal in this Court against the order of the execution Courts are incompetent. The present appeal is liable to be dismissed on this preliminary ground alone.
4. It was, however, argued by the learned counsel for the appellants that the appellants would be without a remedy in view of the provisions contained in Sub-Section (1) of S. 47, if they are not allowed to challenge the correctness of the order pawed by the execution Court in appeal. Sub-Section (1) of S. 47 lays down that all questions arising between the parties to the suit in which the decree was passed, or their repres
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