Application to orders
Full Text
The provisions of this Code relating to the execution of decrees (including provisions relating to payment under a decree) shall, so far as they are applicable, be deemed to apply to the execution of orders (including payment under an order).
Plain English Summary
Section 36 establishes that all statutory provisions of the Code governing the execution of decrees, including monetary payments and coercive recovery under Order XXI, apply mutatis mutandis to the execution and enforcement of judicial orders.
Key Legal Elements
- Equivalence Principle: Judicial decrees and court orders are placed on equal footing for procedural execution.
- Order XXI Machinery: Applies the entire array of execution remedies (attachment, warrants, sale, receivership) to orders.
- Payment Obligations: Extends statutory rules on monetary payment under decrees to payments ordered by the court.
- Mutatis Mutandis Scope: Adapts execution mechanisms to interlocutory and miscellaneous judicial directions 'so far as applicable'.
Practical Note
Enforceability of Interlocutory and Non-Decree Orders: (1) Bridge to Order XXI: Extends full execution machinery (attachment of bank accounts, sale of assets, arrest, receiver appointment) to judicial orders (Section 2(14)) just as it applies to decrees (Section 2(2)). (2) Interim Maintenance & Costs: Widely invoked to execute interim maintenance orders (e.g. under Section 24 HMA), day costs (Section 35B), and restitution orders (Section 144). (3) Arbitral Interim Orders: Under Section 17(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, interim measures granted by arbitral tribunals are enforced through Section 36 CPC as if they were orders of a civil court. (4) Remedy vs Contempt: While contempt punishes disobedience, Section 36 execution actively realizes monetary amounts and restores physical possession.
हिंदी पाठ
डिक्रियों के निष्पादन से संबंधित इस संहिता के उपबंध (जिनके अन्तर्गत डिक्री के अधीन संदाय संबंधी उपबंध भी हैं) वहां तक, जहां तक कि वे लागू हो सकते हैं, आदेशों के निष्पादन को (जिनके अन्तर्गत आदेश के अधीन संदाय भी है) लागू होने वाले समझे जाएंगे।