The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed executing courts not to permit withdrawal and refiling of execution petitions without valid justification, observing that such practices contribute to unnecessary delays in the enforcement of decrees.

A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Pankaj Mithal made the observation while dealing with applications arising from its earlier judgment in Periyammal (Dead Through LRs) & Ors. v. V. Rajamani & Anr. , where the Court has been monitoring the disposal of execution petitions across the country.

“The executing court should ensure that without any valid reason, it should not permit the learned advocates to withdraw the execution petitions and then refile them again. It is only for a very valid reason that the executing court may permit withdraw

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