https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299192 An issue conclusively decided at an earlier stage of the same rent control proceeding and allowed to attain finality could not be reopened later. The Supreme Court applied the principle that res judicata operates between successive stages of the same litigation, and noted that a final remand order cannot be questioned by a party that did not challenge it. As a result, the tenants were barred from re-agitating the objection that Section 15 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 prevented the second eviction petition under Section 11(3), and the eviction proceedings were not barred on that ground. en-us Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299192 An issue conclusively decided at an earlier stage of the same rent control proceeding and allowed to attain finality could not be reopened later. The Supreme Court applied the principle that res judicata operates between successive stages of the same litigation, and noted that a final remand order cannot be questioned by a party that did not challenge it. As a result, the tenants were barred from re-agitating the objection that Section 15 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 prevented the second eviction petition under Section 11(3), and the eviction proceedings were not barred on that ground. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299192