evinced any interest to participate in the proceedings, and did not appear before the DIFC Court and remained ex parte. The DIFC after following due procedure prescribed in RDC Rules 2014, basing on the evidence lead by the petitioner allowed the claim of the petitioner as against the respondent and passed a decree on 05.09.2019 along with cost certificate dated 12.02.2020. Thereafter, the petitioner got issued an e-mail for enforcement to the respondent on 13.10.2019 seeking payment of total amount of US$ 2,538,988.81 within 14 days from the date of notice. Thereafter, another e-mail was sent on 06.04.2020 along with notice dated 03.04.2020 on behalf of the petitioner. After receipt of the above e-mail, the respondent, though had an opportunity to file statement of defence, failed to submit the acknowledgement of service or file its statement of defence. The petitioner after expiry of the time granted, filed for default judgment as per the rules of DIFC and the same was once again intimated to the respondent through e-mail, accordingly the same was issued. Despite the same, the respondent failed to exercise its right to appeal, as such the default judgment attained finality. Finally, the petitioner issued a legal notice calling upon the respondent to make the payments as per the decree within 14 days’ time from the date of notice, failing which the petitioner would initiate execution proceedings against the respondent. As the respondent failed to respond to such legal notice and did not make payment as per the decree, the petitioner was constrained to file an application i.e. E.P.No.21 of 2020 for Execution of the Decree before the I Additional District Judge’s Court, Rajahmahendravaram.
