India, Aug. 28 -- NEW DELHI

A Delhi court on Monday observed that an "archaic law" enacted by the government in the 1900s was delaying resolution of civil matters, while presiding over a case wherein a man sought payment of his money from a firm that duped him through a Ponzi scheme.

District judge (commercial) Sanjeev Aggarwal was referring to Order 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CCP), enacted in 1908, which essentially outlines the methods by which courts enforce judgments in civil suits to ensure the winning party or the decree holder, benefits from the court's verdict. The provision covers the procedure for paying money under a decree, delivering property, arresting and detaining the debtor, attaching or selling a property and o...