Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 528 · Decided 23 September 2021
The Jamia Masjid v. Sri K V Rudrappa (Since Dead) BY LRS. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 528 · [2021] 11 S.C.R. 672
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10946/2014
- Decided
- 23 September 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, VIKRAM NATH, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 11, 92
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s.11 - Res judicata - Appellant-Jama Masjid Gubbi instituted a suit through its president seeking, inter alia, declaration that the State Wakf Board is the owner in property - The defendants (Nos. 2- 4) raised the defence that the suit is barred by res judicata by virtue of decisions in three prior suits - It was stated in their written statement that suit property was a personal property of 'AK', predecessor of defendants (Nos. 5-9)
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