The Ministry of Law and Justice of India has passed a
notification on 17 January 2020 in the official Gazette of India
declaring United Arab Emirates to be
a reciprocating territory in
respect with Explanation 1 to Section 44A of the Indian Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 (the CPC),
read with Order XXI of the CPC. Per the above provisions, any
certified copy of decree passed by a superior court of any
reciprocating territory once filed before a District Court in
India, such decree can be executable in India. Furthermore, such
execution would have the same effect as if the local District Court
passed the execution decree in India. (Algemene Bank Nederland Nv vs Satish
Dayalal Choksi, AIR 1990 Bom 170). Section 44A of CPC sets out
that the decree must be of a superior court of a reciprocating
territory. A 'reciprocating
territory' (as per CPC) means any country or
territory outside (of) India, which the (Indian) Central Government
may, by way of notification in the
