Consent decree – Appellants were not a party to the proceedings at the stage when the consent order came to be passed
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (V of 1908), Sections 9, 96 – Consent decree – Appellants were not a party to the proceedings at the stage when the consent order came to be passed – The consent orders would consequently not have a binding effect on the present Appellants – Since the Appellants were not a party to the proceedings, and the Consent order has been passed on the terms agreeable to the parties to the proceedings, it shall not be binding upon the Appellants, and their rights could be examined independently in the substantive suit filed at their instance.