Decree in pre-emption suit
Full Text
(1) Where the Court decrees a claim to pre-emption in respect of a particular sale of property and the purchase-money has not been paid into Court, the decree shall—
(a) specify a day on or before which the purchase-money shall be so paid, and
(b) direct that on payment into Court of such purchase-money, together with the costs (if any) decreed against the plaintiff, on or before the day referred to in clause (a), the defendant shall deliver possession of the property to the plaintiff, whose title thereto shall be deemed to have accrued from the date of such payment, but that, if the purchase-money and the costs (if any) are not so paid, the suit shall be dismissed with costs.
(2) Where the Court has adjudicated upon rival claims to pre-emption, the decree shall direct,—
(a) if and in so far as the claims decreed are equal in degree, that the claim of each pre-emptor complying with the provisions of sub-rule (1) shall take effect in respect of a proportionate share of the property including any proportionate share in respect of which the claim of any pre-emptor failing to comply with the said provisions would, but for such default, have taken effect; and
(b) if and in so far as the claims decreed are different in degree, that the claim of the inferior pre-emptor shall not take effect unless and until the superior pre-emptor has failed to comply with the said provisions.
Plain English Summary
Prescribes the contents of a pre-emption decree, mandating a fixed date for depositing the purchase money, with automatic dismissal of the suit upon default, and regulating rival pre-emptors' priority.
Key Legal Elements
- Strict Deposit Deadline (Sub-rule 1(a)): Date fixed by court is peremptory.
- Automatic Dismissal Sanction (Sub-rule 1(b)): Default automatically extinguishes plaintiff's right without further trial.
- Accrual of Title: Plaintiff's title commences strictly from date of deposit.
- Rival Pre-emptors Hierarchy (Sub-rule 2): Governed by degrees of kinship or contiguity.
Practical Note
Fatal Default in Pre-emption Decrees: If the pre-emptor fails to deposit the decreed purchase price by the exact date specified under Rule 14, the suit stands dismissed. Courts have no power under Section 148 CPC to extend time after expiry of the date fixed in a pre-emption decree (*Naguba Appa v. Namdev, AIR 1954 SC 50*).
हिंदी पाठ
(1) जहां न्यायालय संपत्ति के किसी विक्रय के संबंध में हक-शुफा (Pre-emption) के दावे की डिक्री करता है और क्रय-धन न्यायालय में जमा नहीं किया गया है, वहां डिक्री में—
(क) वह दिन विनिर्दिष्ट होगा जिस दिन या उससे पूर्व क्रय-धन ऐसे जमा किया जाएगा; तथा
(ख) निदेश होगा कि ऐसे क्रय-धन व खर्चों के संदाय पर प्रतिवादी वादी को संपत्ति का कब्जा सौंप देगा जिसका स्वत्व ऐसे संदाय की तारीख से प्रोद्भूत समझा जाएगा, किन्तु यदि क्रय-धन और खर्चे जमा नहीं किए जाते हैं, तो वाद खर्चों सहित खारिज (Suit dismissed with costs) कर दिया जाएगा।
(2) जहां परस्पर विरोधी शुफादारों के दावों का न्यायनिर्णयन किया गया हो, वहां समान दर्जे के शुफादारों में आनुपातिक हिस्सा और भिन्न दर्जे में उच्चतर शुफादार की चूक पर निम्नतर शुफादार को अधिकार मिलेगा।