Sree Surya Developers & Promoters vs. N. Sailesh Prasad & Ors. (SC)

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 23, Rule 3A–Scope–A party to a consent decree based on a compromise to challenge the compromise decree on the ground that the decree was not lawful i.e. it was void or voidable has to approach the same Court which recorded the compromise–A separate suit challenging the consent decree shall not be maintainable.