Rule 5 Order XLI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Stay by Appellate Court"
(1) An appeal shall not operate as a stay of proceedings
under a decree or order appealed from except so far as the
Appellate Court may order, nor shall execution of a decree
be stayed by reason only of an appeal having been preferred
from the decree; but the Appellate Court may for sufficient
cause order stay of execution of such decree.
Explanation- An order by the Appellate Court for the stay of
execution of the decree shall be effective from the date of
the communication of such order to the Court of first
instance, but an affidavit sworn by the appellant, based on
his personal knowledge, stating that an order for the stay
of execution of the decree has been made by the Appellate
Court shall, pending the receipt from the Appellate Court of
the order for the stay of execution or any order to the
contrary, be acted upon by the Court of first instance.
(2) Stay by Court which passed the decree- Where an
application is made for stay of execution of an appeal able
decree before the expiration of the time allowed for
appealing therefrom, the Court which passed the decree may
on sufficient cause being shown order the execution to be
stayed.
(3) No order for stay of execution shall be made under
sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) unless the Court making it is
satisfied-
(a) that substantial loss may result to the party applying
for stay of execution unless the order is made;
(b) that the application has been made without unreasonable
delay; and
(c) that security has been given by the applicant far the
due performance of such decree or order as may ultimately be
binding upon him.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3), the Court may
make an ex parte order for stay of execution pending the
hearing of the application.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing
sub-rules, where the appellant fails to make the deposit or
furnish the security specified in sub-rule (3) of rule 1,
the Court shall not make an order staying the execution of
the decree.
Rule 6 Order XLI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Security in case of order for execution of decree appealed from"
(1) Where an order is made for the execution of a decree
from which an appeal is pending, the Court which passed the
decree shall, on sufficient cause being shown by the
appellant, require security to be taken for the restitution
of any property which may be or has been taken in execution
of the decree or for the payment of the value of such
property and for the due performance of the decree or order
of the Appellate Court, or the Appellate Court may for like
cause direct the Court which passed the decree to take such
security.
(2) Where an order has been made for the sale of immovable
property in execution of a decree and an appeal is pending
from such decree, the sale shall, on the application of the
judgment-debtor to the Court which made the order, be stayed
on such terms as to giving security or otherwise as the
Court thinks fit until the appeal is disposed of.
Rule 8 Order XLI of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Exercise of powers in appeal from order made in execution of decree"
The powers conferred by rules 5 and 6 shall be exercisable where an appeal may be or has been preferred not from the decree but from an order made in execution of such decree.
Appeal from orders and Procedure Rule 1 and 2 of Order XLIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908