{"id":151456,"date":"2007-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balan-vs-baby-on-1-august-2007"},"modified":"2014-07-09T06:31:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T01:01:24","slug":"balan-vs-baby-on-1-august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balan-vs-baby-on-1-august-2007","title":{"rendered":"Balan vs Baby on 1 August, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balan vs Baby on 1 August, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRP No. 1027 of 2002(A)\n\n\n1. BALAN S\/O. MURUKANDI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. BABY, S\/O. PAILY, ERUKKINCHIRA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. V.K. SUBHASH, S\/O. KRISHNANKUTTY,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K.\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.HARIDAS\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE\n\n Dated :01\/08\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                         PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,J.\n                - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                    C.R.P.Nos.1027 &amp; 1039 of 2002\n                - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                          Dated: 1st August, 2007\n\n                                    ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>      C.R.P.No.1039 of 2002 is instituted by the judgment-debtor<\/p>\n<p>against the order in E.A.No.619\/2000 which was an application filed<\/p>\n<p>by the petitioner under Sections 47 and 151 of the C.P.C. seeking to<\/p>\n<p>set aside the order of sale on the ground that there has been material<\/p>\n<p>irregularities and fraud in the matter of conduct of sale. In fact the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner himself had filed E.A.No.332\/2000 under Order XXI Rule 89<\/p>\n<p>for   setting  aside    sale    after    making      requisite   deposit. But<\/p>\n<p>E.A.No.332\/2000 was not filed on time. For condoning the delay of<\/p>\n<p>one day caused in the matter of E.A.No.332\/2000, the petitioner had<\/p>\n<p>filed E.A.No.571\/2000. Under the impugned order the learned<\/p>\n<p>Subordinate Judge dismissed E.A.Nos.332, 571 and 619 of 2000 by<\/p>\n<p>passing a common order. C.R.P.No.1027\/02 is instituted by the<\/p>\n<p>judgment-debtor against the order in E.A.No.571\/2000.<\/p>\n<p>      2. Heard Mr.Sajan Varghese, learned counsel for the petitioner,<\/p>\n<p>Mr.O.Ramachandran Nambiar, counsel for the 2nd respondent and<\/p>\n<p>Smt.C.R.Saradamani, counsel for the 1st respondent.<\/p>\n<p>      3. On going through the impugned order what I notice is that<\/p>\n<p>the learned Subordinate Judge after finding that E.A.No.571\/2000<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">C.R.P.Nos.1027 &amp; 1039\/02               &#8211; 2 &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>was not maintainable in law since the execution court had no power<\/p>\n<p>at all for condoning the delay caused in the matter of filing execution<\/p>\n<p>application, decides to dismiss that application and dismiss the other<\/p>\n<p>two applications also in view of the decision taken in E.A.No.571 of<\/p>\n<p>2000. The maintainability of an application under Section 47 like the<\/p>\n<p>present one (E.A.No.619\/2000) is not seen considered independently<\/p>\n<p>by the learned Subordinate Judge. According to me, notwithstanding<\/p>\n<p>the learned Subordinate Judge&#8217;s decision on the delay petition,<\/p>\n<p>E.A.No.619\/2000 could have been considered or the learned<\/p>\n<p>Subordinate Judge could have at least assigned reasons as to why the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner is not entitled to relief in E.A.No.619\/2000. As for the<\/p>\n<p>decision to dismiss E.A.No.571\/2000, the learned Subordinate Judge<\/p>\n<p>cannot be blamed. However since E.A.No.619\/2000 was liable to be<\/p>\n<p>independently considered since the petitioner can have an arguable<\/p>\n<p>case that the issue arises within the scope of Section 47 C.P.C.<\/p>\n<p>       4.     I   set   aside the   order   which    is impugned     in<\/p>\n<p>C.R.P.No.1039\/2002 and allowing that C.R.P. directing the learned<\/p>\n<p>Subordinate Judge to take a fresh decision on E.A.No.619\/2000 after<\/p>\n<p>hearing both sides. The parties will be permitted to adduce evidence<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">C.R.P.Nos.1027 &amp; 1039\/02                &#8211; 3 &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>in support of their rival contentions in the E.A. As for order which is<\/p>\n<p>impugned in C.R.P.No.1027 of 2002 since the view of the learned<\/p>\n<p>Subordinate Judge cannot be found faulty, the same will stand<\/p>\n<p>approved and that C.R.P. will stand dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>      5. I also clarify that I have not stated anything finally regarding<\/p>\n<p>the merits\/maintainability of E.A.No.619\/2000.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>srd                                  PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Balan vs Baby on 1 August, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRP No. 1027 of 2002(A) 1. BALAN S\/O. MURUKANDI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. BABY, S\/O. PAILY, ERUKKINCHIRA, &#8230; Respondent 2. V.K. SUBHASH, S\/O. KRISHNANKUTTY, For Petitioner :SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K. For Respondent :SRI.P.HARIDAS The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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