https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41471 A civil suit challenging excise demand, confiscation and penalty orders was held barred by res judicata where the same grounds had already been rejected in earlier writ proceedings between the same parties. The prior writ decision, affirmed in writ appeal, was treated as a final adjudication on merits, preventing the plaintiff from reopening the identical challenge through a subsequent suit. The preliminary objection therefore succeeded, and the suit could not proceed on the same issues already finally decided. en-us Mon, 09 Mar 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:48:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41471 A civil suit challenging excise demand, confiscation and penalty orders was held barred by res judicata where the same grounds had already been rejected in earlier writ proceedings between the same parties. The prior writ decision, affirmed in writ appeal, was treated as a final adjudication on merits, preventing the plaintiff from reopening the identical challenge through a subsequent suit. The preliminary objection therefore succeeded, and the suit could not proceed on the same issues already finally decided. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 09 Mar 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41471