Case Law Analysis
|Madras High Court
CPC Order 21 Rule 97 | Execution Court Must Number Objection Petitions Before Adjudicating Maintainability : Madras HC Upholds Natural Justice
Madras High Court rules that execution courts cannot dismiss petitions under Order 21 Rule 97 CPC without first numbering them, ensuring procedural fairness. The judgment reinforces that judicial functions, including maintainability assessments, cannot be delegated to registry staff, impacting all execution proceedings where objections are raised.