1986 Supreme(SC) 431

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
O. CHINNAPPA REDDY AND G. L. OZA, JJ.
AFZALHUSSAIN HAJI ABDUL KARIM AND OTHERS
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS.
Civil Appeal No. 405 of 1973, decided on November 7, 1986

Legal issues already settled by the Supreme Court are no longer open for adjudication in subsequent appeals.

Headnote:(A) Land Acquisition Act - Interpretation of provisions - Appeal on certificate granted by High Court - Issues already settled by previous decisions of the Supreme Court - Question no longer open to appellants - Appeal dismissed.

Facts of the case:
An appeal was filed on a certificate granted by the High Court regarding the interpretation of certain provisions of the Land Acquisition Act.

Findings of Court:
The court found that the legal questions raised in the appeal had already been settled by prior decisions of the Supreme Court.

Issues: Whether the questions regarding the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act were still open for adjudication.

Ratio Decidendi: When the legal issues raised in an appeal have already been settled by the decisions of the Supreme Court, those questions are no longer open to the appellants.

Result: Appeal dismissed.