https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288651 A residential house exemption under Section 60(1)(ccc) of the Code of Civil Procedure may apply even where part of the building is used for business, so long as the property remains principally a debtor's settled abode. The court read "residential house" in light of the provision's protective purpose and rejected a narrow construction that would deny relief merely because of mixed use. On the facts, the ground floor's commercial use did not change the building's essential residential character, so the property was not liable to attachment or sale in execution. en-us Wed, 03 Apr 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:08:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288651 A residential house exemption under Section 60(1)(ccc) of the Code of Civil Procedure may apply even where part of the building is used for business, so long as the property remains principally a debtor's settled abode. The court read "residential house" in light of the provision's protective purpose and rejected a narrow construction that would deny relief merely because of mixed use. On the facts, the ground floor's commercial use did not change the building's essential residential character, so the property was not liable to attachment or sale in execution. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Apr 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288651