Supreme Court of India

MAURICE W. INNIS versus LILY KAZROONI @ LILY ARIF SHAIKH

2026 INSC 340

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 4321/2026
Judgment date
2026-04-09
Petitioner / appellant
MAURICE W. INNIS
Respondent
LILY KAZROONI @ LILY ARIF SHAIKH
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 340
Other citation
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 494
CNR
ESCR010001252026
Bench / judges
PANKAJ MITHAL, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE
Author judge
PANKAJ MITHAL
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Issue pertains to the execution of a compromise decree passed in a civil suit; and whether the executing court can go beyond the decree and has to execute the decree as it stands without making any modifications therein.

Headnote excerpt

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 by the Court executing decree – Execution of a compromise decree passed in a suit – Defendant-respondent became decree holder and the plaintiff-appellant became judgment debtor – Executing Court in the execution petition modified the compromise decree by varying the

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