Discretion of Court in executing decrees for restitution of conjugal rights
Full Text
(1) Notwithstanding anything in rule 32, the Court, either at the time of passing a decree against a husband for the restitution of conjugal rights or at any time afterwards, may order that the decree shall be executed in the manner provided in this rule.
(2) Where the Court has made an order under sub-rule (1), it may order that, in the event of the decree not being obeyed within such period as may be fixed in this behalf, the judgment-debtor shall make to the decree-holder such periodical payments as may be just, and, if it thinks fit, require that the judgment-debtor shall, to its satisfaction, secure to the decree-holder such periodical payments.
(3) The Court may from time to time vary or modify any order made under sub-rule (2) for the periodical payment of money, either by altering the times of payment or by increasing or diminishing the amount, or may temporarily suspend the same as to the whole or any part of the money so ordered to be paid, and again review the same, either wholly or in part as it may think just.
(4) Any money ordered to be paid under this rule may be recovered as though it were payable under a decree for the payment of money.
Plain English Summary
Vests the court with discretion in executing a decree for restitution of conjugal rights passed against a husband by directing periodical maintenance payments in lieu of physical enforcement, recoverable as a money decree.
Key Legal Elements
- Applicable Only Against Husbands: Specific statutory remedy protecting the decree-holder wife.
- Periodical Maintenance Alternative: Financial substitution where husband refuses restitution.
- Security Mandate: Court can order husband to secure future periodical payments against his assets.
- Recovery as Money Decree (Sub-rule 4): Enforceable via wage/salary or asset attachment under Rule 30.
Practical Note
Financial Enforcement in Restitution Decrees: Because the law cannot physically coerce a spouse into cohabitation, Rule 33 provides economic compulsion against a recalcitrant husband. The wife can seek interim maintenance-style periodical payments enforceable as a money decree without filing a separate maintenance suit.
हिंदी पाठ
(1) नियम 32 में किसी बात के होते हुए भी, न्यायालय पति के विरुद्ध दाम्पत्य अधिकारों के प्रत्यस्थापन की डिक्री पारित करते समय अथवा उसके पश्चात किसी भी समय यह आदेश दे सकेगा कि डिक्री इस नियम में उपबंधित रीति से निष्पादित की जाएगी।
(2) यदि नियत अवधि के भीतर डिक्री का पालन नहीं किया जाता है, तो न्यायालय यह आदेश दे सकेगा कि निर्णय-ऋणी (पति) डिक्रीदार (पत्नी) को ऐसे आवधिक संदाय (Periodical payments) करेगा जो न्यायसंगत हों, और ऐसी रकम की प्रतिभूति मांग सकेगा।
(3) न्यायालय समय-समय पर आवधिक संदाय के आदेश में फेरफार, संशोधन, वृद्धि, कमी या निलंबन कर सकेगा।
(4) इस नियम के अधीन संदेय कोई भी धन इस प्रकार वसूल किया जा सकेगा मानो वह धन के संदाय की डिक्री के अधीन देय हो।