Madhuri Devi @ Rajeshvari Devi v. Ram Sipahi
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Matters Under Article 227 No. 1090 of 2026, Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J., order dated February 27, 2026. Petition under Article 227 challenging execution-court orders dated 19.04.2020 and 14.10.2025 (Principal Judge, Family Court, Shravasti) in Misc. Civil Execution Case No. 01/2020 (Madhuri Versus Ram Sipahi) for allegedly modifying/diluting compromise decree terms beyond jurisdiction. Authorities placed on record by counsel: Rameshwar Das Gupta (1996) 5 SCC 728; Radhey Shyam Gupta (2009) 1 SCC 376 — executing court cannot go behind the decree. Status: interim — notice issued by regular mode and dasti, steps within seven working days, listed fresh 23.03.2026; no merits ruling.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted. Interim directions only: notice to the respondent to issue both ways, i.e. by regular mode as well as dasti; steps for service to be taken within seven working days; Office to provide dasti notice to the petitioner's counsel if steps are taken in time for serving the same upon the respondent outside the Court; affidavit of service to be filed on the next date; matter listed fresh on 23.03.2026.