executing court to dispose of the pending applications (IAs) filed by the respondent on their respective merits leaving the parties to challenge the orders once passed on such applications by filing appeal, before the appellate authorities. It was, however, not done.” 23 (1969) 1 SCC 718 24 (2022) 14 SCC 417 25 (2017) 8 SCC 611 19-SLP(C) 9202-9204 OF 201612.9 In scenarios where a compromise decree is entered into between the parties, the question to be asked is whether the Court whose duty it is to execute the decree is the one to have recorded the compromise. The following discussion made in Lakshmi Narayanan v. S.S. Pandian26 is insightful :- “11. Where in any execution proceedings objection to executability of a decree is taken under Section 47 CPC on the ground that by virtue of a compromise, the decree got extinguished and became inexecutable, the germane question that should be asked is whether the compromise was recorded by the court whose duty it is to execute the decree. 12.