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Civil Procedure Code - Sec. 218(g) - ‘stipend’ & pention - interpretation - using a Dictionary

Civil Procedure Code  - Sec. 218(g) - ‘ stipend’ & pention - interpretation - using a Dictionary     IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA D.S.B.S. Chandrawathi v. Subadhra Irene Mangalika Wijewickrama   S.C. Appeal No. 177/2016   Held -  that the pension of the Appellant cannot be seized under section 218(g) of the Civil Procedure Code for the purpose of satisfying the money decree. However, her commuted gratuity is liable to be seized for the satisfaction of the money decree obtained by the Respondent.   Decided on: 28.07.2022   Janak De Silva, J.   The Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant-Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent”) filed this action in the District Court of Colombo under Section 703 of the Civil Procedure Code to recover a sum of Rupees 1,050,000/- from the Defendant-Appellant-Respondent-Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the “Appellant”) who was at that time a public officer. Judgment and decree had been ente