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The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently pulled up a civil court judge for passing a "terrifying order" to take coercive steps against a judgment debtor (person against whom a civil court decree is passed) to recover some money, without first issuing him any notice [Surjan Singh V. Jawahar Lal].