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1924 DIGILAW 760 (MAD)

Changanath Kuttappa Nair v. Pooppil Alias Valamarudm

1924-11-20

SPENCER

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JUDGMENT Spencer, J. 1. The preliminary decree is not in accordance with the preliminary judgment as in the plaint the mortgagee asked for the mortgaged property to be sold and for payment of the amount found to be due to him out of the sale proceeds and the judgment of the Court was "the suit is decreed as played for"; but the preliminary decree, as drawn up, did not provide for any payment being made to the plaintiff but provided for payment of the amount found to be due to a subsequent mortgagee and the balance to the mortgagors. 2. There was an appeal which was dismissed with a slight modification as to the personal remedy. 3. Now the Subordinate Judge, after disposing of the appeal, has declined to bring the First Courts decree in accordance with the judgment. 4. I think he was wrong in thinking that he had no power to amend the decree and in declining jurisdiction. It was held in Shivlal Kalidas v. Jumaklal Nathiji Desai 18 B, 512 : 9 Ind. Dec. (N.S.) 870 and numerous other cases that where there has been an appeal any order to amend the decree so as to make it agree with the judgment should be passed by the Appellate Court. As observed by Sir J. Edge, C.J., in Muhammad Sulaiman Khan v. Muhammad Yar Khan 11 A. 267 at p. 274 : A.W.N. (1899) 55 : 13 Ind. Jur. 427 : 6 Ind. Dec. (N.S.) 598, if the original Court were allowed to amend its decree the result might be that it would become essentially a different decree from that which the Appellate Court intended to confirm. The only executable decree is that of the Appellate Court which incorporates the decree of the lower Court when it confirms it. No doubt the mistake might have been corrected by means of a memo of objections at the time when the Appellate Court had cognizance of the case. But this omission will not have the effect of taking away the plaintiffs inherent right to have a decree in accordance with the judgment passed in his favour vide Sahdeo Gir v. Leo Dutt Misir 29 Ind. Cas. But this omission will not have the effect of taking away the plaintiffs inherent right to have a decree in accordance with the judgment passed in his favour vide Sahdeo Gir v. Leo Dutt Misir 29 Ind. Cas. 50 : 37 A. 323 : 13 A.L.J. 449 I observed that the final decree does provide for payment of what is declared due to plaintiff out of the sale-proceeds, but as the objection that, this being so, it will be unnecessary to amend the preliminary decree was not the ground of the Subordinate Judges order declining jurisdiction, it may be left for consideration when the petition for amendment is finally disposed of. I set aside the order of the Subordinate Judge and direct him to take the petition on tile and dispose of it according to law. The respondent to pay the petitioners costs of this civil revision petition.