Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 106 · Decided 4 April 1977
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Nawab Hussain
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 106 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2339/1968
- Decided
- 4 April 1977
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CPC Section 11; Constitution Article 226; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
. Constr1~ctive res j~di'cata-M~tter which might or ought to have been raised in a!z earlter proceeding not ra1sed-lf principle of constructive res judicata applicable. in a Writ jjeti'tion filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution impugning bis dismissal from service, the respondent contended that of meeting the allegations against him, his dis­ missal was void. The writ petition was dismissed. Thereupon, the r.espondent filed a suit in a civil cou~t challenging his dismissal on the ground, among others, that since he had been appointed by the Inspector-General of Police, his
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