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The district court lacked jurisdiction to order the applicant's detention as a civil prisoner in execution of a primary court decree without a request from the primary court, and there was no evidence that the applicant had the means to pay and wilfully refused to do so; thus, the order for detention was set aside.
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The executing court cannot enforce matters not expressly decreed; since the trial court was uncertain about the existence of machines and advised a new suit for ownership, execution is not permissible.
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The High Court struck out an execution application as premature because the decree holders had not first exhausted other lawful modes of execution before seeking civil detention.
Execution ruling allowing a show-cause notice in aid of a labour award, rejecting a wrong-party objection and addressing subsistence allowance for civil imprisonment.
The trial court's procedural irregularity in allowing the first appellant to defend after default was curable and did not prejudice the respondent; the substantive decision on the loan claim was correct. However, the warrant committing the appellant to civil prison was issued without due process and is quashed.
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