Execution Petition Filed Within 12 Years Of Appellate Court Judgment Affirming Trial Court Decree Won’t Be Barred By Limitation: SC [Read Judgment]

‘The doctrine of merger does not make a distinction between an order of reversal, modification or an order of confirmation passed by the appellate authority.’The Supreme Court has held that an execution petition filed within 12 years of the high court judgment affirming the decree passed by the trial court would not be barred by limitation.In this case, the suit filed by the landlord...