https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169913 Where connected suits involve common disputes and common issues on management and control of a Gurudwara, an unchallenged adverse decree in one suit attains finality and can bar re-agitation of the same controversy in the surviving proceeding. As the appellant acted only as Vice-President of the Managing Committee and asserted no independent personal right, the final decree in the connected suit bound the appellants under the principle in Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The High Court's application of res judicata was therefore upheld, and the challenge to the respondent's entitlement to manage the Gurudwara failed. en-us Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169913 Where connected suits involve common disputes and common issues on management and control of a Gurudwara, an unchallenged adverse decree in one suit attains finality and can bar re-agitation of the same controversy in the surviving proceeding. As the appellant acted only as Vice-President of the Managing Committee and asserted no independent personal right, the final decree in the connected suit bound the appellants under the principle in Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The High Court's application of res judicata was therefore upheld, and the challenge to the respondent's entitlement to manage the Gurudwara failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169913