The Indian Government has on 17 January 2020 issued a gazette
notification that foreign civil judgments passed by courts in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now be executed in Indian courts
since the UAE has been declared as a “reciprocating
territory” as per Section 44A of the
Indian Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) 1908.
The notification issued by the Indian Ministry of Law
and Justice reads as below –
"In exercise of the powers conferred by Explanation 1
to section 44A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),
the Central Government hereby declares, United Arab Emirates to be
a reciprocating territory for the purposes of the said section and
the following Courts in United Arab Emirates to be superior Courts
of that territory, namely: –
