Supreme Court of India

R. Rajanna v. S.R. Venkataswamy & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 14 S.C.R. 535
Bench T. S. Thakur Ano R. Banumathi J.
Decided 20 November 2014

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 "-- Or. XX/II r. 3 - Compromise of suit - Validity of a decree passed on a compromise in a suit - Challenged to, in a separate suit- Held: Separate suit is 'not maintainable - Only remedy available to the aggrieved parly is to approach the Courl which had passed the compromise decree. Allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: Order XXlll Rule 3A of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 clearly bars a suit to set aside a decree on the ground that the compromise on which the decree is based was not lawful. This implies that no sooner a question relating to lawfulness of the

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