https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199506 Section 10 CPC applies only where the matter in the later suit is directly and substantially in issue in the earlier suit between the same parties litigating under the same title, and the earlier decision would operate as res judicata in the later proceeding. Mere overlap of some issues is insufficient. Here, one proceeding concerned recovery on loan documents and guarantees, while the other sought a declaration that the plaintiffs had been discharged as sureties and an injunction against enforcement of the guarantees. Because the controversies were not substantially identical and the earlier suit would not conclude all questions in the recovery action, section 10 was not attracted and the stay application was dismissed. en-us Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:30:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199506 Section 10 CPC applies only where the matter in the later suit is directly and substantially in issue in the earlier suit between the same parties litigating under the same title, and the earlier decision would operate as res judicata in the later proceeding. Mere overlap of some issues is insufficient. Here, one proceeding concerned recovery on loan documents and guarantees, while the other sought a declaration that the plaintiffs had been discharged as sureties and an injunction against enforcement of the guarantees. Because the controversies were not substantially identical and the earlier suit would not conclude all questions in the recovery action, section 10 was not attracted and the stay application was dismissed. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199506