P&H: Upholds Closure of Third-Party Objectors’ Cross-Examination in Long-Pending Execution Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a civil revision petition filed by Sheebaz Hotel Pvt. Ltd. and another, who sought to reopen their cross-examination of a decree-holder’s witness in execution proceedings pending before the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana.
The dispute arose from an execution application relating to a civil suit instituted in 1986. The suit was decreed in 2009, and the execution proceedings have remained pending since 2010. The petitioners, claiming to be third-party objectors, filed objections under Order 21 Rule 97 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The petitioners contended that the...
