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Bimal Kumar & Another v. Shakuntala Debi & Others

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 195
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 27 February 2012

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DECREE: Final decree and Preliminary decree - Distinction c between -Discussed. Preliminary decree - Compromise application - Tenor of application showed that the parties to the compromise settled the entire controversy and they were in separate and exclusive possession of the properties allotted to their respective shares - The compromise application did not contain any clause regarding the future course of action - Whether the decree passed by the court of first instance on the basis of compromise had become enforceable or it had the status of a preliminary decree requiring completion of a

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