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Order XXI CPC provides comprehensive machinery for execution. Modes include: attachment and sale of immovable property; attachment of movable property, bank accounts, and debts owed to the judgment-debtor; arrest of judgment-debtor (subject to constitutional safeguards under Article 21 — mainly for wilful disobedience of money decrees); appointment of receiver. Execution applications must be filed within 12 years of the decree under Article 136 of the Limitation Act 1963. NCLT IBC proceedings under Section 7 (financial creditors) increasingly bypass civil execution.
Statutory reference
Order XXI CPC 1908
Related practice areas
Procedure under Order XXI CPC for enforcing a decree — by attachment and sale of property, arrest of judgment-debtor (in limited cases), or attachment of bank accounts.
Execution of Decree is governed by Order XXI CPC 1908. Order XXI CPC provides comprehensive machinery for execution. Modes include: attachment and sale of immovable property; attachment of movable property, bank accounts, and debts owed to the judgment-debtor; arrest of judgment-debtor (subject to constitutional safeguards under Article 21 — mainly for wilful disobedience of money decrees); appointment of receiver. Execution applications must be filed within 12 years of the decree under Article 136 of the Limitation Act 1963. NCLT IBC proceedings under Section 7 (financial creditors) increasingly bypass civil execution.
Execution of Decree falls under Civil Law, Banking & Finance. NyaySevak matches you with a Bar-Council-verified advocate in the relevant practice area — the first consultation is free.