https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101926 A foreign ex parte decree was held unenforceable where the controversy had not been actually adjudicated on evidence and the judgment merely recorded non-appearance and proof of the claim; it was therefore not a judgment on the merits under section 13(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court also held that proceedings to execute a decree based on a liability governed by the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act required prior permission from the Central Government or the Reserve Bank, and an application for leave to execute was itself a step in enforcement. In the absence of such permission, execution in India was barred. en-us Thu, 07 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:01:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101926 A foreign ex parte decree was held unenforceable where the controversy had not been actually adjudicated on evidence and the judgment merely recorded non-appearance and proof of the claim; it was therefore not a judgment on the merits under section 13(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court also held that proceedings to execute a decree based on a liability governed by the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act required prior permission from the Central Government or the Reserve Bank, and an application for leave to execute was itself a step in enforcement. In the absence of such permission, execution in India was barred. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 07 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101926