Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 340 · Decided 9 April 2026
Maurice W. Innis v. Lily Kazrooni @ Lily Arif Shaikh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 340 · [2026] 4 S.C.R. 494
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4321/2026
- Decided
- 9 April 2026
- Bench
- PANKAJ MITHAL, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 47
Headnote
Issue pertains to the execution of a compromise decree passed in a civil suit; and whether the executing court can go beyond the decree and has to execute the decree as it stands without making any modifications therein. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 by the Court executing decree - Execution of a compromise decree passed in a suit - Defendant-respondent became decree holder and the plaintiff-appellant became judgment debtor - Executing Court in the execution petition modified the compromise decree by varying the
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