Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 9 · Decided 8 January 1971
Ram Gobinda Dawan & ORS. v. SMT. Bhaktabala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 9 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 340
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 436/1967
- Decided
- 8 January 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4
Headnote
Practice-Re~ judicata- Land acquisitiod proceedings-Claim of one party to compensation dismissed for default-Acquisition of other plots -Interest of parties same-Claim of title-If e~rlier decision operates as ·res · judicata. Certain plots in a Municipality were acquired under the respondents, each claimed the compensation amount on the basis of title. The matter was referred to the Court of the District Judge. The claim of the predecessor of the respondents was dismissed for default and the claim of the predecessor of the appellants was therefore upheld. O:rtain other
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