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2026 Supreme(Online)(HP) 1900

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Romesh Verma, J
Anil Mohil – Appellant
Versus
Paritosh Chauhan – Respondent
Civil Revision No.185 of 2024|Civil Revision No.186 of 2024



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Karan Singh Kanwar
For the Respondents: Sunil Mohan Goel, Abhijit Singh Chauhan, Rajnish K. Lall

The High Court's revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 CPC is limited to correcting jurisdictional errors or material irregularities; it does not authorize interference with factual findings, and a decree-holder is entitled to enforce the judicial order in its letter and spirit without being frustrated by frivolous objections.

Headnote:(A) Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Section 47, Section 96, Section 115, Order 21 Rules 11, 16, 32, 35 - Execution of decree - Mandatory injunction - Challenge to dismissal of objections under Section 47 - Transferee of decree can execute the decree without separate assignment - Appellate courts exercising revision power under Section 115 cannot correct errors of fact or law unless there is a jurisdictional error or material irregularity - Judgment debtors cannot be allowed to frustrate the execution of a decree by repeatedly filing frivolous objections - Obstructing the implementation of a decree by raising new constructions is not permissible and the executing court is empowered to issue directions to restore the status as per the decree. (Paras 12, 13, 20, 22, 27)

Facts of the case:
The plaintiff obtained a decree for mandatory and permanent prohibitory injunction in 1999 directing the defendants to remove unauthorized constructions and refrain from trespassing. Execution proceedings remained pending for many years. The judgment debtors filed objections under Section 47 of the CPC, which were dismissed, and further challenged subsequent orders of the executing court for the demolition of new structures built during the pendency of execution. The petitioners filed these civil revisions against the dismissal of their objections.

Findings of Court:
The court held that the transferee of a property in a suit can execute a decree without a separate assignment. It reiterated that revisional power under Section 115 is limited and does not extend to re-appreciating facts where there is no jurisdictional error. The court condemned the conduct of the judgment debtors in obstructing the execution of a 33-year-old decree.

Issues: Whether the execution petition was maintainable by a transferee of the decree and whether the executing court correctly dismissed the objections and ordered the demolition of newly constructed structures.

Ratio Decidendi: A decree must be implemented in its letter and spirit, and judgment debtors cannot be permitted to go beyond the decree or raise frivolous objections to stall proceedings. The court exercising revisional jurisdiction should not interfere with orders of lower courts unless there is illegality or material irregularity in the exercise of their jurisdiction.

Result: Civil revisions dismissed.

Table of Content
1. procedural background and history of the execution proceedings. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
2. arguments regarding the validity of objections and maintenance of the decree. (Para 9 , 10)
3. legal standard for executing a decree and the maintainability of execution by a transferee. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
4. limits of the high court's revisional jurisdiction under section 115 cpc. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
5. authority of the executing court to prevent obstructionism during execution. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33)

Mr. Rajnish K. Lall, Advocate, for respondent No.4.

Respondents No.5 to 8 are proceeded against ex-pate.

Romesh Verma, Judge

Civil Revision No.185 of 2025

1. The present petition arises out of the order as passed by learned Civil Judge, Nahan, District Sirmaur, H.P., dated 26.09.2024, whereby the objections as filed by the present petitioners under the provisions of Section 47 of CPC have been ordered to be dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the plaintiff/decree holder filed a suit for mandatory injunction in the Court of learned Sub Judge 1st Class, Nahan on 04.06.1993. The learned Sub Judge, 1st Class, Nahan vide its judgment and decree dated 21.09.1999 decreed the suit as filed by the plaintiff by passing a decree of mandatory injunction and also for permanent prohibitory injunction to the effect that the defendants were directed by way of mandatory injunction to remove the unauthorized construction raised by the defendants in the shape of huge outer gate in the entrance, a staircase and bathroom-cum-toilet, the room preventing the approach to the property of the plaintiff from the common passage adjoining to latrines comprising of Khasra Nos..202, 221/1, 221/2, 222 and 225/1, measuring 105-79 Sq. meters, situated at Mohal Naya Bazar, Nahan and further the defendants were restrained by way of permanent prohibitory injunction from interfering or trespassing in the property of the plaintiff comprised in Khasra No.216/2, 217, 268, total measuring 270-63 Sq Meters, situated in Mohal Naya Bazar, Nahan, with the costs of the suit. The report of the Local Commissioner Ext.PW 4/A and mutation Ext. PW/4/A/2 were ordered to be form part of the decree sheet.

3. The JDs/petitioners preferred an appeal under Section 96 of CPC against the judgment and decree as passed by learned Sub Judge 1st Class, Nahan, before the District Judge, Sirmaur District at Nahan on 23.12.1999. Learned District Judge vide its judgment and decree dated 12.09.2000 partly accepted the appeal and the judgment and decree as passed by learned trial Court was partly modified. While dismissing the suit of the plaintiff for demolition of Iron Gate in front of the property from Naya Bazar and the construction of staircase, bathroom-cum-toilet and the water tank in the common deori, the remaining part of the decree of the lower Court is kept intact. Thus, the suit of the plaintiff for mandatory injunction was allowed to the extent that the defendants/JDs were directed to demolish/remove the room 12 x 13 feet constructed by them in the common passage of the parties and thus, blocking the entrance of the plaintiff to the property fallen to his share and to remove the debris/malba thrown in the vacant site of the property of the plaintiff within three months from the date of passing of the judgment and decree. Further, the defendants were restrained from interfering in the lawful and peaceful use of the property fallen to the share of the plaintiff as well as the property kept for common use of the parties in any manner.

4. Feeling dissatisfied, the defendants filed two regular second appeals being RSA Nos.633 of 2000 and 643 of 2000 and the decree holder filed cross objections bearing No.308 of 2001 before this Court. Vide judgment dated 02.11.2006, the regular second appeals preferred by the defendants were ordered to be dismissed and further the cross objections filed by the dec

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