Gopalakrishnan Vs Subramonia Iyen and Another

High Court Of Kerala 18 Jul 1961 S.A. No. 889 of 1957 (1961) 07 KL CK 0051
Bench: Single Bench
Acts Referenced

Judgement Snapshot

Case Number

S.A. No. 889 of 1957

Hon'ble Bench

S. Velu Pillai, J

Advocates

C.K. Sivasankara Panicker, for the Appellant; T.S. Krishnamurthy Iyer, for the Respondent

Acts Referred
  • Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) - Section 53

Judgement Text

Translate:

Velu Pillai, J.@mdashThe only contention pressed before me is that the decree is not executable against the property which has now rested in the son, the 3rd defendant, by survivorship on the death of his father and that it is a vested right which is not affected by Section 53 of the Indian Civil Procedure Code, the decree having been passed before that C. P. C. came into force in the concerned area. It is settled law that in execution of a decree against the father the son''s interest can be sold Sidheshwar Mukherjee Vs. Bhubneshwar Prasad Narain Singh and Others, . There is no vested right which can be claimed by the son against execution. Section 53 is only a rule of procedure as held by the Supreme Court in Pannalal and Another Vs. Mst. Naraini and Others, . The decree has therefore to be executed in accordance with the procedure prescribed from time to time. The son has a right to question the legality of the debt in execution but in the present case he did not do so. The execution of the decree in terms of Section 53 is valid. No other point was pressed.

This is dismissed with costs.

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