Expedite The Execution Of Decrees: Supreme Court Of India

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the recent matter of Rahul S. Shah v. Jinendra Kumar Gandhi and Ors.¹ while deciding upon a property dispute empathetically discussed the plight of the decree holders and the challenges they face in the execution of the decrees. The three-judge bench of former Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhatt issued a landmark decision involving 14 (fourteen) directions to all courts that dealt with suits and execution of decrees to expedite the execution of decrees. The directions aim to allow a decree-holder to enjoy the fruits of litigation without any inordinate delay and unnecessary hurdles.

Brief Facts

The dispute pertained to a property based in Bengaluru that was purchased in the year 1960 and was the centre stage of litigation from the year 1987. The matter went through multiple rounds of litigation both on the civil and the criminal front, with the execution proceedings filed by the decree