https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302519 A decree debt is discharged by the substantive law governing the original transaction and decree, not by the law of the place where execution is later pursued. The Madras HC held that transfer of a money decree from another State to a Tamil Nadu court for execution under the Code of Civil Procedure is procedural only and does not convert the decree into one passed in Tamil Nadu for all purposes. The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1970 therefore could not be used to treat the foreign decree debt as discharged or to make the pending execution proceedings abate. The revision petition failed. en-us Thu, 28 Apr 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:13:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302519 A decree debt is discharged by the substantive law governing the original transaction and decree, not by the law of the place where execution is later pursued. The Madras HC held that transfer of a money decree from another State to a Tamil Nadu court for execution under the Code of Civil Procedure is procedural only and does not convert the decree into one passed in Tamil Nadu for all purposes. The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1970 therefore could not be used to treat the foreign decree debt as discharged or to make the pending execution proceedings abate. The revision petition failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Apr 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302519