118. Execution of decree before ascertainment of costs.—Where any such High Court considers it necessary that a decree passed in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction should be executed before the amount of the costs incurred in the suit can be ascertained by taxation, the Court may order that the decree shall be executed forthwith, except as to so much thereof as relates to the costs; and, as to so much thereof as relates to the costs, that the decree may be executed as soon as the amount of the costs shall be ascertained by taxation.
Section 118 CPC: Execution of decree before ascertainment of costs
Bare Act text
Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Where such a High Court considers it necessary that a decree passed in its original civil jurisdiction be executed before the costs can be ascertained by taxation, it may order the decree to be executed at once except as to costs. The part of the decree relating to costs may be executed as soon as the amount is ascertained by taxation.