https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197077 Section 11 CPC treats a prior decision as res judicata if the matter was directly and substantially in issue between the same parties and was finally decided by a court competent as to subject-matter and pecuniary jurisdiction; territorial jurisdiction is not required for that purpose. The discussion relies on the distinction in the Code between territorial objections and other jurisdictional defects, and on the expanded scope reflected in Explanation VIII. On that basis, a former judgment may bar re-agitation of the same issue even where the earlier court lacked territorial jurisdiction over the later suit. en-us Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197077 Section 11 CPC treats a prior decision as res judicata if the matter was directly and substantially in issue between the same parties and was finally decided by a court competent as to subject-matter and pecuniary jurisdiction; territorial jurisdiction is not required for that purpose. The discussion relies on the distinction in the Code between territorial objections and other jurisdictional defects, and on the expanded scope reflected in Explanation VIII. On that basis, a former judgment may bar re-agitation of the same issue even where the earlier court lacked territorial jurisdiction over the later suit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197077