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Wife can make application for satisfaction of decree

Supreme Court of India
M. P. Shreevastava vs Mrs. Veena on 24 August, 1966
Equivalent citations: 1967 AIR 1193, 1967 SCR (1) 147

CITATION:
1967 AIR 1193 1967 SCR (1) 147
ACT:
Code of Civil Procedure (Act 5 of 1908), s. 47 and O. 21 r. 2-Scope of-Decree for restitution of conjugal rights--No application for execution by decree-holder-husband- Application by judgment-debtor-wife for recording satisfaction-When maintainable.
HEADNOTE:
The appellant (husband of the respondent) obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights against his wife. The wife made various attempts to persuade the appellant to take her back into the marital home, but was unsuccessful. She then applied to the Court which passed the decree for an order that the decree be recorded as satisfied. There was, at that time, no pending application by the appellant for execution of the decree or for a decree for divorce. On the question, whether the application of the respondent was maintiable either 0. 21, r. 2 or under s. 47 of the Civil Procedure Code,

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