P.Logu v. M.Sivaprakasam

Madras HC24 Jan 2025EP/88/2023

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What is this about?

Execution petition; court-executed sale deed; draft sale deed approved by Registry 29.10.2025; exparte decree of 2010 in C.S.No.473 of 2002; decree against dead persons; belated balance sale consideration objection; section 47 CPC petition not entertainable in execution; no stay against decree by E.P court, Original Side or appellate court; six-month completion mandate for execution applications (Apex Court mandate, High Court direction); stalling execution equals abuse of process; Registry directed to execute and register sale deed, compliance by 07.01.2026; order dated 11.11.2025.

What did the court decide?

Execution and registration of the sale deed in favour of the decree holder ordered; Registry directed to execute and register the sale deed as per the decree, with compliance by 07.01.2026. ¶¶20

P.Logu Vs M.Sivaprakasam — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Execution and registration of the sale deed in favour of the decree holder ordered; Registry directed to execute and register the sale deed as per the decree, with compliance by 07.01.2026.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the execution petition ought to proceed to execution and registration of the sale deed notwithstanding the Judgment Debtor's objections. +2 more

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Court's answer

Admittedly there is no stay by the E.P court, the court of Original Side, or any Appellate Court; therefore, at this stage, the execution petition ought to be proceeded with further.

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Ratio / Principle

The Judgment Debtor's objections against the decree cannot be conceded in this execution application: the decree has not been set aside by any court, the Judgement Debtor has been unable to get any order setting it aside, the contracts/agreements have not been rescinded, and the belated-payment objection cannot be agitated at this stage.

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Key takeaways

The Judgment Debtor's claimed section 47 C.P.C petition cannot be entertained, because no such application has been entertained by this court so far.ratio¶¶13
Every execution application should be completed within six months from its filing; this is a mandate of the Hon'ble Apex Court as well as a direction of the Hon'ble High Court, requiring the E.P to move forward.ratio¶¶14
Keeping the execution application without any progress amounts to staying the proceedings, and such an act amounts to abusing the process of court as well as procedural law, particularly when there is an order of the Apex Court mandating timely completion.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

E.P.No.88 of 2023 in C.S.No.473 of 2002 (order dated 11.11.2025): execution petition for execution of a sale deed by the court pursuant to a decree of 2010 (suit of 2002), described by the Judgment Debtor as an exparte decree passed against dead persons. With the Registry having approved the draft sale deed on 29.10.2025 and no stay existing at the E.P court, the Original Side, or any appellate court, the Court held that the Judgment Debtor's objections — belated payment of balance sale consideration, exparte character of the decree, deceased decree-parties, and a purported section 47 C.P.C petition (no such application having been entertained by the court) — could not be conceded in the execution application, the decree remaining unset aside and the agreements unrescinded. Invoking the Apex Court mandate and High Court direction that every execution application be completed within six months of filing, the Court held that leaving the E.P without progress amounts to staying the proceedings and abusing the process of court, rejected as unwarranted the plea to halt execution pending the condonation and set-aside applications, and directed the Registry to execute and register the sale deed as per the decree, compliance by 07.01.2026.

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E.P.No.88 of 2023

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C.S.No.473 of 2002

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MASTER 11.11.2025

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ORDER

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When the matter coming before this Court on 03.11.2025, both side counsels

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for decree holder as well as Judgment Debtor are present and heard in detail.

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For the decree holder side it is submitted that the above E.P is one for execution of sale deed in favour of decree holder by the court and in the above E.P execution has ordered and in pursuance of such order draft sale deed has been approved by the Registry. It is also argued on the part of decree holder that the decree is from the year of 2010 and suit from the year of 2002 and in the event of approval of sale deed by the Registry a sale deed ought to be executed and registered in favour of decree holder. It is also further argued that there is no stay from any higher Forum against the decree.

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For the Judgment Debtor side the learned counsel submitted that there is a delay in payment of balance sale consideration that too before the expiration of limitation period for execution of decree, the decree is one of exparte decree, decree against dead persons and section 47 C.P.C petition to be decided before any further order in the execution.

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Heard both. Records perused. This E.P is one for execution of sale deed in

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favour of decree holder by the court as per the decree. Also, from records it is clear that the Registry approved the sale deed on 29.10.2025. Admittedly, there is no stay by this E.P court or court of Original Side or any Appellate Court. At this stage, this E.P ought to be proceeded further.

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The objections of respondent against the decree cannot be conceded in this execution application. The decree in favour of decree holder not yet set aside by any court. Infact, this Judgment Debtor unable to get any order set aside the decree. The contract or agreements between the parties not yet resined by the Judgment Debtor. At this stage, he cannot agitated that there is a payment of balance sale consideration belatedly. The other claim of section.47 C.P.C petition cannot be entertained because no such application entertained by this court so far. Thus, the objections of Judgment Debtor has no bearing on the claim of the petitioner.

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Every execution application should be completed within a period of six months from its filing. It is a mandate by the Hon'ble Apex Court as well as direction of our Hon'ble High Court. At this stage, this E.P ought to be proceeded further.

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The learned counsel for the Judgment Debtor argued that till the culmination of his applications to condone the delay as well as application to set aside the exparte order the E.P ought to be stopped.

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This arguments is unwarranted. Admittedly, there is no stay against the

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execution of decree by any court. At this stage, kept the execution application without any progress is amount to stay the proceedings. Any such act will amount to abuse the process of court as well as procedural law, that too, when there is an order of Apex Court as above stated.

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From the above discussion, it is clear that this application ought to be proceed

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further. Already sale deed has been approved. Hence, execution and registration of sale deed is ordered. Registry is directed to execute and register the sale deed as per the decree. For compliance of order by 07.01.2026.

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MASTER

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