Supreme Court of India

Kewal Singh v. Lajwanti

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Reported as [1980] 1 S.C.R. 854

Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali J.

Decided 4 October 1979

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Frame of Suit-Whether earlier giving up a cause of action by deletion from the plaint and later on again requesting for inclusion of the same cause is barred by tile principle of Order II Rule 2 .P. . Doctrine of constructive Res-judicata-When it applies-Whether deletion of a cause of action from the plaint anti again a request for inclusion would amount to a bar of Res-judicata. Delhi Rent Control Act, Section 25B-Whether violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution. The appellant was the tenant of respondent in Quarter No. IV- / 46 Lajpat Nagar frqm 1-7~1967. On 2-6-1976, the respondent filed

Authorities it was built on

1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1950 Chiranjit Lal Chowdhuri v. The Union of India and Others. cited by 50

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2019 Harbhajan Singh Etc v. State of Punjab and Others relied on
2025 State of Kerala & Ors. v. Moushmi Ann Jacob referred to
2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2015 Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited v. B.P.L. Limited referred to

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