Supreme Court of India

The Jamia Masjid v. Sri K V Rudrappa (since Dead) by Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 672
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 23 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the High Court of Karnataka dated 23 January 2012 in RSA 2189 of 2007.

Judgment, page 48

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.11 – Res judicata – Appellant-Jama Masjid Gubbi instituted a suit through its pre sident seeking, inter alia, declaration that the State Wak f Board is the owner in possession of the suit property – The defendants (Nos. 2- 4) raised the defence that the suit is barred by res judicata b y virtue of decisions in three prior suits – It was stated i n their written statement that suit property was a personal propert y of ‘AK’, predecessor of defendants (Nos. 5-9) and the claim of titl e of ‘AK’ was adjudicated in the earlier suits – The trial Co urt framed the

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