https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194221 A foreign judgment and decree may be enforced in India through a suit founded on that judgment, because Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure treats such judgment as conclusive on matters directly adjudicated upon, subject only to the statutory exceptions. The Indian court does not re-open the merits or test the correctness of the foreign decision. As the defendant remained ex parte and did not show that any exception to conclusiveness applied, there was no legal bar to relief. The suit was therefore maintainable and a decree was granted for the claimed amount together with interest and costs. en-us Tue, 22 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:13:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194221 A foreign judgment and decree may be enforced in India through a suit founded on that judgment, because Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure treats such judgment as conclusive on matters directly adjudicated upon, subject only to the statutory exceptions. The Indian court does not re-open the merits or test the correctness of the foreign decision. As the defendant remained ex parte and did not show that any exception to conclusiveness applied, there was no legal bar to relief. The suit was therefore maintainable and a decree was granted for the claimed amount together with interest and costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194221