the decree of the court binds the person or not?

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Anonymous
(Querist) 28 July 2011
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Avinash files a suit against Brij and Suresh to obtain the possession of house X.during the pendency of this suit Dinesh transfers house X to Mahendra.ultimately, the court passes a decree in favour of Avinash and against Brij and Suresh.is this decree binding against mahendra as well?
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 28 July 2011
No,such a decree binds in personam,binding on parties or parties claiming under them,and not strangers like Mahendra and his vendor Dinesh here are.