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1974 Supreme(Online)(Guj) 5

GUJARAT HIGH COURT
XYZ, J
Mistry Lalji Kunverji v. Heirs of Bhatia Dungershi Jivandas
Execution Application No. 37/69 | Civil Regular Appeal No. 4/70



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri K.N. Mankad
For the Respondents: Shri Y.S. Mankad

A decree must expressly state payment is to be made from the deceased's property for Section 52 of the Civil Procedural Code to apply.

Headnote:This appeal involves the execution of a decree obtained in Civil Suit No. 95/61 for possession and arrears of rent. The court found that the decree did not fulfill the requirements of Section 52 of the Civil Procedure Code as it did not state the payment was to be enforced out of the deceased's property. The lower appellate court's order was set aside, allowing the execution to proceed as per law.

Table of Content
1. facts regarding execution application and original decree. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments regarding application of section 52. (Para 5 , 8)
3. court observations on legal requirements of decrees. (Para 6 , 9)
4. ratio concerning the application of section 52. (Para 7)

1. This appeal arises out of execution application No. 37/69 filed by the appellant in the Court of Civil Judge, Junior Division at Anjar, Kutch district. The appellant - decree holder has obtained the decree, which is sought to be executed, in civil suit No. 95/61 of that Court on 5th December, 1962. That decree was for possession and recovery of arrears of rent. It appears that the suit property, about which the decree is passed, was mortgaged with the appellant decree holder by Dungarshi Jivandas, the father of the judgement - debtors. It was a mortgage with possession. The mortgagor, therefore, executed a rent note in favour of the decree holder. It was on the basis of this rent note that the above referred civil suit No. 95/71 was filed by the decree holder. That suit was filed against the present respondents in their capacity as the legal representatives of Dungarshi. It is an admitted fact that at the time when the said suit was instituted on 16-10-1961, Dungarshi had already died, and therefore, the present respondents were in possession of the suit property as statutory tenants. The suit was resisted by some of the present respondents including the respondent No. 1. However, it ended in a decree dated 5-12-1962. According to this decree, the respondents were asked to hand over the vacant possession of the suit shop on or before 10-1-1963 and also to pay up the amount of arrears of Rs. 1,160/- to the decree holder."
The operative portion of this decree to as under:
"A decree be passed with costs in favour of the plaintiff. The defendants to hand over the vacant possession of the suit shop to the plaintiff on or before 10-1-1963 and the plaintiff to get Rupees 16.12 np. per month as compensation till he gets possession.
The defendants also to pay the amount of Rs. 1,160/- to the plaintiffs. The defendants to bear their costs."


2. After this decree was passed, the decree holder filed execution application No. 2/63 and obtained the actual possession of the suit premises on 10th January, 1963. Thereafter in the year 1965 the decree holder filed another execution application bearing No. 25/65 for realising the amount of Rs. 1,756.52. For realising this amount, he also attached the respondents right of redemption of the suit property. This attachment was resisted by the respondents but ultimately the said execution application was with - drawn by the decree holder on 26-9-1968.

3. It was thereafter that the present execution application has been filed by the decree holder on 20th August, 1969, for realising the amount due under the decree, which is sought to be executed. For realising this amount, the decree holder has sought to attach the moveable properties of respondents Nos. 1 and 4. The Court initially issued warrant of attachment without issuing a prior notice to the judgement - debtors. But before this warrant of attachment could be executed, the respondent No. 1 filed objections on 1-9-1969 as found at Exhibit 7. On these objections the Court ordered that warrant should not be executed till the judgement - debtors filed their objections on or before 12-9-1669. These objections appear to have been filed by the judgement - debtors on 22nd September, 1969. The executing Court thereafter disposed of these objections by rejecting them and ordered the execution to proceed further.

4. Against the above referred order of the executing Court the present respondent No. 1, Bhatia Hemraj Dungershi, preferred an appeal before the District Court, Kutch at Bhuj where the said appeal was registered as Civil Regular Appeal No. 4/70. The learned District Judge, who has disposed of this appeal, found that the decree was passed against the legal representative













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