Sale made in favour of respondents 3 to 5 in violation of court order by defendant - To avoid multiple proceedings impleadment of respondents 3 to 5 as parties to the suit warranted.

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CDJ 1999 SC 125 Savitri Devi Versus District Judge, Gorakhpur Head Note Civil procedure Code, 1908, Order 1 Rule 10, Order 39 Rule 2A - Impleadment - Sale made in favour of respondents 3 to 5 in violation of court order by defendant - Respondents 3 to 5 ruled application for impleadment in suit - Contempt proceeding already pending against defendant No. 1 - To avoid multiple proceedings impleadment of respondents 3 to 5 as parties to the suit warranted. [Paras 8, 12 and 13] Constitution of India, Article 136 and 226 - Impleadment of judicial Officers on writ petitions and special leave petitions - Not justified - Judicial officers cannot be equated with officials of Government. [Para 14] Cases referred: 1. Surjit Singh and others v. Harbans Singh and others, 1995(6) S.C.C. 50. 2. Khemchand Shankar Choudhari and Another v. Vishnu Hari Patil and others, 1983(1) S.C.C. 18. 3. Ramesh Hirachand Kundanmal v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay and others, 1992(2) S.C.C. 524. 4. Razia Begum v. Anwar Begum, 1959 S.C.R. 1111. 5. Surjit Singh and others v. Harbans Singh and others, 1995(6) S.C.C. 50. COMPARATIVE CITATIONS: 1999 AIR(SC) 976, 1999 (2) CLT 33, 1999 (1) JT 643, 1999 (2) Supreme 172, 1999 (1) Scale 516, 1999 (2) SCC 577, 1999 (2) SLT 167, 1999 (3) SRJ 367, 1999 AllLJ 684, 1999 (2) MLJ 110 (SC), 1999 (3) LW 277,