Supreme Court of India

JENNIFER MESSIAS versus LEONARD G LOBO

2026 INSC 502

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7980/2026
Judgment date
2026-05-18
Petitioner / appellant
JENNIFER MESSIAS
Respondent
LEONARD G LOBO
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 502
Other citation
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 410
CNR
ESCR010001742026
Bench / judges
K.V. VISWANATHAN, SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI
Author judge
SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether the Decree in question is a simple Preliminary Decree, or whether the Trial Court, made it both a Preliminary and a Final Decree; whether the same could be put to Execution; whether the High Court erred in interdicting the Execution Proceedings holding that before Decree was necessary.

Headnote excerpt

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.2(2), Or.XX r.18, Or.XX r.12 – Preliminary decree when itself final decree – Appellant filed Suit for partition and separate possession of the Subject Flat – Preliminary Decree passed by Trial Court

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