https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306606 An order dismissing a suit as barred by res judicata was treated as a decree because it conclusively determined the parties' controversy and answered their substantive rights. On that basis, an efficacious statutory appeal lay to the District Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, and the writ petition under Article 227 was therefore not maintainable. The court distinguished authority dealing only with dismissal of an appeal for delay, since that situation did not involve adjudication of rights in the suit. en-us Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:09:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306606 An order dismissing a suit as barred by res judicata was treated as a decree because it conclusively determined the parties' controversy and answered their substantive rights. On that basis, an efficacious statutory appeal lay to the District Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, and the writ petition under Article 227 was therefore not maintainable. The court distinguished authority dealing only with dismissal of an appeal for delay, since that situation did not involve adjudication of rights in the suit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306606