https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156846 A confirmed court sale is ordinarily protected when the purchaser is a bona fide stranger to the litigation and the execution was not stayed. That protection does not extend to a decree-holder purchaser, or to a purchaser shown by evidence to have knowledge of a pending appeal or to have colluded with the decree-holder. In such circumstances, the purchaser cannot claim innocent buyer status, and the equitable principle underlying Section 144 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 supports restoration of the property to the judgment debtor after the decree is set aside. On the stated facts, collusion and close connection with the decree-holder justified restitution. en-us Wed, 17 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156846 A confirmed court sale is ordinarily protected when the purchaser is a bona fide stranger to the litigation and the execution was not stayed. That protection does not extend to a decree-holder purchaser, or to a purchaser shown by evidence to have knowledge of a pending appeal or to have colluded with the decree-holder. In such circumstances, the purchaser cannot claim innocent buyer status, and the equitable principle underlying Section 144 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 supports restoration of the property to the judgment debtor after the decree is set aside. On the stated facts, collusion and close connection with the decree-holder justified restitution. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 17 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156846