Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 214 · Decided 14 February 2025
M/S B N Padmanabhaiah and Sons v. R N Nadigar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 214 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1876
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2550/2025
- Decided
- 14 February 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Specific Relief Act
Headnote
Whether earlier decrees obtained by the appellant for permanent injunction foreclosed re-litigation of the dispute under the doctrine of res judicata and whether declaratory relief could be granted in favour of the State through a suit instituted by third parties, when the litigation. C.P.C, 1908 - Parties to the suit decided on merit and attained finality are bound by the terms of the decree - In representative suit, third party having complete knowledge of the previous litigation has no locus standi to file another suit on same
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