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January 23 , 2020
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- The Ministry of Law and Justice issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification, declaring the United Arab Emirates to be a “reciprocating territory” under Section 44A of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
- Section 44A provides the law on the subject of execution of decrees of Courts in India by foreign Courts and vice versa.
- The notification also declared a list of courts in the UAE to be “superior Courts” under the same section.
- The decision is believed to help bring down the time required for executing decrees between the two countries.
- Indian expatriates in the UAE would no longer be able to seek safe haven in their home country if they are convicted in a civil case in the UAE.
- Apart from UAE, the other countries declared to be “reciprocating territories” are: United Kingdom, Singapore, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago, New Zealand, the Cook Islands (including Niue) and the Trust Territories of Western Samoa, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Aden.
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