Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 113 · Decided 28 January 2022

Messer Griesheim Gmbh (Now Called Air Liquide Deutschland Gmbh) v. Goyal MG Gases PVT. LTD.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2022 INSC 113 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 93
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 521/2022
Decided
28 January 2022
Bench
AJAY RASTOGI, ABHAY S. OKA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
CPC Section 44A

Headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s. 44A - Execution of decrees passed by courts in reciprocating territory - Execution of money decree (in excess of Rs.20 lakhs) of a foreign court which is notified as a superior court of a reciprocating territory, Britain and North Ireland u/s. 44A - Single Judge of the High Court allowed the execution, however, the Division Bench held that the High Court not being the District Court in terms of s. 44 A, not vested with the jurisdiction to entertain execution petition and directed to be transferred

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