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Ramakrishna Naidu v. S Srinivasalu Naidu

Ramakrishna Naidu
v.
S Srinivasalu Naidu

(High Court Of Judicature At Madras)

Appeal Against Order No. 572 Of 1948 | 03-03-1950


RAGHAVA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE final decree in the mortgage suit under execution in the present case is of 6th March 1940. On 6th March 1943, E. P. No. 38 of 1943 was filed and it was dismissed on 23rd August 1943 for default of prosecution. The execution petition, out of which this appeal arises, was filed on 15th January 1947. It was ordered as in time. Hence this appeal.

( 2 ) WHAT is claimed to save the execution petition from the bar of limitation is the pendency of an application under Order 9, Rule 13, Civil P. C. , by defendant 9, the judgment debtor from whom the appellant claims as purchaser, from somewhere in June 1943 to its dismissal on 13th January 1944. That there can be no suspension of time which has once begun to run except under the heads of deduction specifically recognized and provided for by the statute is, however, too well settled to be disputed.

( 3 ) BUT the way in which the point is further put for the respondent and was accepted by the Court below is that an application under Order 9, Rule 18, Civil p. C. , is virtually an application for review within the meaning of cl. 3 of Article 182, Limitation Act, an order on which gives a fresh start of limitation. I cannot accept this contention which goes against and beyond the normal meaning of the word "review" in that clause of the article. Moreover, in this case there was no order granting review on the application under Order 9, Rule 13, Civil P. C. , but one only refusing it. The case in Firm Dedhraj Lachminarayan v. Bhagwan das, 16 Pat. 306: (A,. R. (24) 1937 Pat. 337) [LQ/PatHC/1937/28] by which the argument is sought to be supported, has been, as pointed put by the Court below itself, doubted and dissented from in Mohamed Naquir v. Alauddin Ahmed, A.. R. (28) 1941 Pat. 213 [LQ/PatHC/1940/189] : (20 Pat. 513), Bengali Mal v. Baijnath Prasad, A.. R. (29) 1942 ALL, 338: (20

2. C. 726) and Harischandra v. Dineschandra, 50 C. W. N. 667: (A.. R. (33) 1946 Cal. 375 [LQ/CalHC/1946/28] ). The case in Sriramachandra v. Venkataswara rao, 1938-2 M. L. J. 1048: (A.. R. (26) 1939 Mad. 157) [LQ/MadHC/1938/313] in which Firm Dedhraj Lachminarayan v. Bhagwan Das, 16 Pat 306: (A.. R. (24) 1937 Pat. 337) [LQ/PatHC/1937/28] seems to have been, as pointed out by the Court below, accepted by this Court, is surely distinguishable and is no binding precedent for me on the precise point here arising for determination.

( 4 ) I have no hesitation in setting aside the order of the Court below and dismissing the execution petition as out of time. The appeal is allowed with costs here and in the Court below.

Advocates List

For the Appearing Parties N. Arunachalam, S. Thyagaraja Iyer, Advocates.

For Petitioner
  • Shekhar Naphade
  • Mahesh Agrawal
  • Tarun Dua
For Respondent
  • S. Vani
  • B. Sunita Rao
  • Sushil Kumar Pathak

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAGHAVA RAO

Eq Citation

(1950) 1 MLJ 648

AIR 1950 MAD 552

LQ/MadHC/1950/88

HeadNote

A. Limitation Act, 1908 — S. 3 — C. P. C. Or. 9 R. 13 application — Not an application for review — Hence, no fresh start of limitation — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 9 R. 13 — Debt and Financial Matters — Mortgage — Mortgage deed — Execution of mortgage decree