P&H: Execution of decree kept in abeyance amid on allegation of fraud based on subsequent consolidation and revenue record until the competent Court decides validity of the decree

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 21 Sep 2026
Headnotes

(i) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.10 — Stay of subsequent suit — On the one hand revision has arisen out of an order passed in execution and on other hand seeks adjudication upon validity of judgment and decree itself on allegations that decree was obtained...

(ii) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.21.R.32(5) — Execution — Restoration of possession —There is no absolute legal impediment to restoration of possession in execution of decree for injunction, where decree-holder establishes that he was dispossessed subsequent to decree but O.21.R.32(5)  enable Executing Court to restore...

(iii) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.21.R.35 — Execution — Executing Court cannot declare decree inexecutable merely on basis of subsequent revenue record and demarcation report — Executing Court could not go behind  decree, which had attained finality, particularly when allegation that decree itself was obtained by...

(iv) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.21.R.35 — Execution and pending challenge to decree — Where decree itself is under separate challenge on allegation of fraud based on subsequent consolidation and revenue record, immediate coercive execution, including delivery of possession, should remain in abeyance until the...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Execution of decree kept in abeyance amid on allegation of fraud based on subsequent consolidation and revenue record until the competent Court decides validity of the decree

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dealt with a long-running property dispute between Ram Singh’s legal representatives and Hari Ram’s side, arising out of a 2004 injunction decree over a passage in village Karwaha Manakpur. The dispute reached the Court in two connected revisions, one against dismissal of execution proceedings and the other against refusal to stay a later suit under Section 10 of the Civil Procedure Code.

Ram Singh had originally obtained a decree restraining the defendants from taking forcible possession, obstructing the passage, or raising construction over the red-marked portion in the site plan. The decree was...

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