Decree Without Jurisdiction and Reasons Is Inexecutable: SC

Asma Lateef & Anr. Vs Shabbir Ahmad & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment which had held that a decree passed under Rule 10 of Order VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”) was inexecutable. The dispute arose from objections filed by purchasers of the suit property under Section 47 CPC, contending that the decree sought to be executed was a nullity and incapable of execution. The appellants claimed that their great-grandmother had orally gifted them the suit property in 1988 and that they had r...