Supreme Court of India · 2017-08-16
Lekh Raj (D) Th. Lrs vs Ranjit Singh .
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2017 SUPREME COURT 4015
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Lekh Raj (D) Th. Lrs
- Respondent
- Ranjit Singh .
- Author
- Abhay Manohar Sapre
- Bench
- Abhay Manohar Sapre, R.K. Agrawal
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the appellants' civil revision against the executing Court's order, affirming that the execution of the decree dated 14.05.1965 was valid. The Court found that the objections raised by the judgment-debtors, including claims of time-bar and unexecutable decree due to subsequent property transactions, were without merit. The Court emphasized that the decree holders' rights were intact and the execution was maintainable despite the appellants' claims regarding investments made in the suit land and joint ownership issues.