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How to adjust payment made in the absence of specific mention about the appropriation - if the amount deposited by the judgment debtor falls short of the decretal amount, the decree-holder is entitled to apply the rule of appropriation by appropriating the amount first towards interest, then towards costs and subsequently towards principal amount due under the decree; = V. KALA BHARATHI & ORS. … APPELLANTS VS. THE ORIENTAL INS. CO. LTD., BR. CHITOOR … RESPONDENT= 2014 (Apr.Part) http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41372