High Court Karnataka High Court

M Venkataswamaiah vs Smt Keli Bai W/O Late Champalal on 19 November, 2008

Karnataka High Court
M Venkataswamaiah vs Smt Keli Bai W/O Late Champalal on 19 November, 2008
Author: S.R.Bannurmath & Shantanagoudar
Hi' TEIE Hifiifi CXTWRT (SF KARHATAKA AT BAKGALORE 

Dated this the 19*" éay of November, 20138';  A' 

Present:

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1.

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Submfiianyapum Past,

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Chanrgasafidm,
Uttaraizalki Hobii,

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 Vfiangalore-560 {)6}.

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AND

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Smt. Keii Bai,

W/o late Champalal,   -

Aged about 75 years, I

R] at No. 30, II Cross,

Majflcswaram, ,    . A ' j
Banga}orc--»S60 003. * _   

(By 311 Paras Jain, Adv.)

'I'}1is contempt of [1'1i.1dcr Section 2(6)
r/W 11 and lzrfwu :5 ofthg: C<)11téi11pt.. qf§lou1'ts Act, 19?: and

Article 215 _of thgt  {if i x_1dia praying to convict the

respondent  fiflontcmpt of Courts Act in

acoortiauce _ M

This; cénreugpt being heard and rcscrvcd
for Orders mg’ oi: f<§r Pronounccmcnt of Orders this

. ~ . day, ', V the following: –

(.1!3fi8

A filing of the cases inspitc of the dispute

* ‘A4%._§ega;g1i;:{gi.%ré}1e suit schedule pmpcrty being finally concluded

VA the complam’ ant and the pmdeccssor of the

.A:V1’w;:$;5ondcnt/ accused and raising same objection and filing

objection petitions in the execution pmoccding which

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amounts to abuse: 01′ process law, the present oonteyngjjt

isfilcd.

2. ‘l”‘hc: brief facts leading td=,A_thc:.;)ijé:s£én.{ the

complainants are as follows: .

One Smt. A.V.v gas th;.3 “O’£lE’Il€I’ of the
property boazmg Nos. sy.No. 8, Jodi
Ranganatlapuxga’ claim to
be the Smt. A.V. Venkatamma.

Aoooxding to had filed a suit – 0.5..
No. may _o£: the First Additional [1 Munoifi;

Esimt. Lakshmamma and others for

V. .§f».titk: and mandatoxy injunction to dcnaolish the

and delivery of possession of the property

m.<.=1 1"*i1;g and 40 situated in sy.No. s, Jodi

village. It is stated that though the trial Court

, " the suit, the complainant Smt. Venkatamma filed an

..a§pcal in R.A.No. 108/1965 in the Court of Civil Judge at

V' Bangalore and the Civil Judge set aside thc judmcnt

and decree of the tztiai Court and while decmeing her suit

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declared that, the said Venkatamma is the absoiute of

the suit schedule property and further

Lakshmamma and others to demolish the

and hand over the possession. «V

judgment and decree has beqzme It is' e

that in the suit, D.W.2 one 1 of the
accused appeared on behgaif of a'I'.'l(Hi gé.'V\VfC evidence
in the Court. Nevertheiese of this suit, the
husband of the in dispute
fmm uansaction was hit by
docirinevivvof Eis that after the death of

Smt. Venléatemme,_ became the absoiute

_ ownexe as vvheiéxifis of Smt. Venkamxama, prosecuted the

:%ixe::i§x:c;§.1~*z§§cex:eings bearing No. 460/1969 initkafly filed by

(the same came to be renumbered as

_ Exeei1t:io:aHPetition No. 1045/1976) later renumbered as

W " " ;'£;:m«:pe'on ineetaon No. 13211980.

3. Aecoztlmg to the complainants as said iak

also expired during the pendency of the execution proceedings,

her L.Rs., came on record and filed an appliwtion under

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at

Section 47 (2.11. 0., challenging the jurisdiction

Court. This application came to be rejected 0:1″

thereafter they filed another app1icaVtfi.£$i1’ct1451i:.11cngi1’ifg” fl;c_icie;it21y T. V

of the property to be recovered undtir.

the compia1:1an’ ts, the said afiplitiafion ‘

holding that the identi1ythc&;3;t:;tef®”is dcfitaiie.

4. As of the suit, the
husband ofthtt» the property set
up the ” t -t obstruction applications
and whén 13¢ any relief, approached the Civil

Court in renumbered as ().S. 2322/83

_ scck*;:%,.gu1té1i£:f of that the decree obtained in O.S.No.

as well as fbr injunction. The suit

éanita-to 011 1.4.1987 and the R.F.A.No. 519/1937′

V V _ Was”.’a1se3~.V:tii:3£t1isscd on 21.9.1991 and as this gunmen: in

xnirafi not challenged by any person, it became finaL

the respondent as L.R., of the said Champalal has

filing one car the other appiication in the Executing Court

A’ ‘obsu-acting execution of the legitimate decree obtained by me

complainants’ predecessor in ().S.No. 544/1959. it is

the authoritative pronouncements of the Courts in. of

the light of the complainants over the suit

filing repeated applications and obstxncfing ¢x¢¢u&:_n;”am9untg~ .

to abuse of process of law as Weii figs

the Court and thus the 2

contempt of Court as defined (iii) of
the Contempt of Court _afi_d punished under
Sections 11 and 12 of fine. 61′ Act (heminafter
referred to as V’

O11 name, the respondent appeared

through tizie detailed objections inter aiia

_ oonteficiing ” face of the records as the property

husband of the zespondentj accused was

h””–/Ta. 3:” property of Smt. Vfillkatalllllla in dispute in

V V’ _ the ‘fjamceedings, the respondent had every right to

jfizmtect right and title in the property at all stages and it

be equated to either abuse of process of law or

v .imerference with aeim1’nz’stxat:ive of justice.

2;»

in respect of the property

40 was located at Jodi Ranganathpura
Whereas according to the accused, the
purchased by her husband beam Muncipal
No. 83143 located “at 11 Main Road, Palace
Ifiangalore. It is to be noted that there is no much

V. ciisputc that the erstwhile Jodi Ranganathpura village is known

7. After hearing both the Ceunscl as i.-:1:_=v_s_s
prima facie satisfied as to the contentions of it
fiamed charges and the trail was ”
case, the. complainant cxamjmeq’ ons”xs ii:1css
several documents. T1116 mspoxificggitf sster into
the witness box, howevcf ‘got dsstitsents dmting
and in the cross cxamma’ VAA-‘Qsg’.’conciuswn of the
trial, both I detailed synopsis
reiterating V

3. have :gs,f;§ms in depth and heard the
learned st S

. ‘V VAtVA_t1a.e’0:iitsct it is to be noted that the suit filed by the

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litigafion. In spate of the same, he has not only ‘the

property cluxting the pendency of the suit 19

object the same even after his ‘V 7

independent suit in U.S.No. 2:322/195:§’–but ax}-:;:.’j4aasan;; esm,

objections in the execuuon ‘i’hei1g,i: of the
husband of the accused I1i=g;&}ed,.viii”is.v;s7:1ao continued
by way of fiiing Ii is to be
noted. that in on 21.6.2001

it has been gexdf’ ” -Z

“”” qee’ru’i£ed1y the applicant
L.Rs,, ofher husband
ctaiming any independent

: * » _ fife :’o_ in question His titieflows
1;».-pm tie’ debtor. Therefore, he is
w;zc’t: ‘er;titIed to make an application either
‘ ‘iirder 21′ Ruie 93?’ or under any other

‘ V. of Ian: before the Executing Court
” .. }_oo)npIaz’m’ng ofany illegal dispossession. His
vendor is fizliy bound by the decree. Having
purchased the property during the pendency
ofthe suit and not making any efibrts to come

on reorgrrd and implead himself,’ he as fully
bound by the decree passed and therefore he

has no right to make an application

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requesting the Court to adjudicate upon
claim as his ciaim is not independent {gr ”
yuczgmenz debtor whiaz is 7′ .

adjudioazed upon in nwre_!han4onejbfi1r:id{* ‘

“Therefore, 1 am of the only T”

appiioationfiied by the
amounts to éabutsé’ prooéS§”‘ojV;vthe
court and :3 fiable to
Pay _ ‘

order, {gmch fin? rejected. Even in RFA No.

792/2001′ by 61¢ herein decided on 14.3.2002

_ agaj;;§;t’me oxademfafied 3.1.8.2001 passed in Execution Case No.

hgitveen the same party, the learned Single Judgt

A £§i5.fhc identity ofthc propexty observed thus:

“13. One more cxrntention was taken
jbr the appiicant that, suit was flied in the
year 195?’ and 1959 whereas, {I} Main at
Maiieswaram Palace Guttahaifi existed
from 19.51 onwards. As such, the Decree
hofder has not established the very
identification offhe pmperty. ”

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“14. in more than one Fomnz, Vt?” ‘M
has been given by tiye..».J14di(r:t11

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upholding the wntenfiqn pf. ithfie. ‘A

hoider and rejecting the4’oqritention,C;q,*°

Applicant. Now, thflrfiiltzpliactrtt S

that 1!-Iaileswaram _,<_;uzténaIzz_'H
was atmadgfin vléarlier to the
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ofatté’§z1§§3:i1’gi:a1t€4fitéct:”éct:ti§ér”BIO 21 Rule
51% 5¢?¢;z§”‘ct~’:§;:m’s;ed by this Court,

tori’ t)f”‘§3s. 000/-. Even the
Hc1)ttt**¢:e«.V_t’1’£gh «vtttiiourt -in CRP No. 2242 of

. 2001 rm: CRP with a cost of

xRs,A10, -“Even then, the same

Apptuzctrtt approached this Court on

= ahqther application: U/0 21 Rule 9? CH3,
A gtcttrng the same grounds alieged in the
‘ cgpplioatron. If at! these facts are

‘seen it clearly goes to Show that the

” 3Appliccmt is making some efiorts to see

somehow, the decree is not executed.
Tenabie grounds are not at all noticed
either to up-hotd any contention of the
applicant-obstmctor to with hold issue of

l}eh’very Warrant, ”

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12. After having heard the learned

pecufiar facts and circumstances of the case,

the accused, who is 3 house wife agedA~a?)Qut.”’7;E”§’jféézirs.Vha{s¢.béefiV ‘ j ‘

possibly misguided by iegal advice;”1«;3.n£1 ea;

considerafion her age, we deemT_i{‘~~ymper-not.to1’se1:ifie1tce”io V

imprisonment but instead ‘$0 find of
123.2000/~. x A . .

13. In :1, stated above, the
contempt xeefiondeni Smt. Keii Bai is
heid ;go§.§¢§{;p:’a;§:§¢finee1 under Section 2(c:}(;ii)
and (iii) ‘tlgee Act and is sentenced to pay a

fine of RS. .’2O(1}4′()~; weeks fmm today in default, she is

uficiergo si:en§1é”iinpxésona;ent for 15 days.

Sd/-u
Judge

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Judge