Supreme Court of India

Ram Chandra Singh v. Savitri Devi and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 543

Bench V.N. Khare and S.B. Sinha JJ.

Decided 9 October 2003

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7 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated hereinbefore and in particular as no writ was required to be issued having regard to B the fact that public law remedy could not have been resorted to, the impugned orders must be held to be illegal and without jurisdiction and are liable to be set aside.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure-Section 11-Res-judicata-Default of loan repayment by respondents to Bank-Decree by Trial Court in favour of the Bank-First appeal by respondents before High Court-During pendency of the appeal, auction sale of mortgaged lands in favour of appellant in execution-Direction by High Court to pay the decretal amount in instalments on basis of consent between the parties-Review Petition by appellant before High Court on ground of suppression of auction sale and commission of fraud-Dismissal of review petition by High Court on ground of res-judicata:--Validity of-Held, is not

Authorities it was built on

1991 Smt. Shrisht Dhawan v. Shaw Brothers cited by 19
2003 Sharda v. Dharmpal cited by 13
1996 Indian Bank v. M/s. Satyam Fibres (india) Pvt. Ltd. cited by 10
2003 Rajesh D. Darbar and Ors. v. Narasingrao Krishnaji Kulkarni and Ors. cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2021 Smriti Madan Kansagra v. Perry Kansagra relied on
2025 Naresh Kumar Sinha v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2024 Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. v. Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd. & Anr. referred to
2018 Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam v. Raj Kumar Rajinder Singh (dead) through Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2017 Venture Global Engineering Llc v. Tech Mahindra Ltd. & Another Etc. referred to
2013 Nirma Industries Ltd. & Anr. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India referred to
2012 Smt. Badami (deceased) by Her L.R. v. Bhali referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 6 referred to

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