https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208558 A larger Bench reference is not competent to reopen an issue already finally decided between the same parties in the same litigation. The text states that a reference is appropriate only to resolve disagreement on a pure question of law settled by a co-ordinate Bench, not to re-agitate a concluded issue of fact or a mixed question of law and fact. It further notes that res judicata applies to writ proceedings and later stages of the same case, so final adjudication remains binding and cannot be displaced through a fresh reference. en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208558 A larger Bench reference is not competent to reopen an issue already finally decided between the same parties in the same litigation. The text states that a reference is appropriate only to resolve disagreement on a pure question of law settled by a co-ordinate Bench, not to re-agitate a concluded issue of fact or a mixed question of law and fact. It further notes that res judicata applies to writ proceedings and later stages of the same case, so final adjudication remains binding and cannot be displaced through a fresh reference. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208558