K B Manjunatha v. Smt Sarojamma
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 227 writ against executing court order; restitution; status quo ante; inherent powers of executing court; misuse of interim stay order; re-issue of delivery warrant; breaking open lock with police assistance; police protection to decree holder; Ex.No.25/2023 Shivamogga; O.S.No.98/2011; R.A.No.57/2015; RSA No. 531/2023 C/w RSA No.853/2023; W.P.No.3679/2024; Kalabharathi Advertising (2010) 9 SCC 437; actus curiae neminem gravabit; possession restored to decree holders.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; impugned order dated 09.09.2024 in Ex.No.25/2023 quashed; I.A.Nos.XI and XII allowed; Executing Court directed to re-issue delivery warrant and execute it with police help to put the petitioners in possession expeditiously; jurisdictional police directed to assist execution and, upon request by the petitioners after delivery of possession, to render police protection.