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2025 Supreme(SC) 711

J. B. PARDIWALA, R. MAHADEVAN
Amruddin Ansari (Dead)Through Lrs – Appellant
Versus
Afajal Ali – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Vinay P. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. B. Shravanth Shanker, AOR Mr. Abhinav Jaganathan, Adv. Mr. B. Yeshwanth Raj, Adv. Mrs. Preeti Shukla, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. V. Mohana, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR Ms. Praveen Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Pushpanjali Singh, Adv. Ms. Bhavya Pande, Adv.

Judgement Key Points

Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:

  • Maintainability of Fresh Suit: A fresh suit is maintainable after a dismissal under Order IX Rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Code (C.P.C.), as the remedies of filing a fresh suit and applying for restoration of the original suit are not mutually exclusive. (!) (!) (!)
  • Res Judicata Applicability: The doctrine of res judicata does not apply to non-adjudicative dismissals, such as those under Order IX Rule 2 or Rule 3 of the C.P.C., because such dismissals do not constitute a formal adjudication of rights or a "decree" under Section 2(2) of the C.P.C. (!) (!) (!)
  • Distinction Between Rule 4 and Rule 9: Unlike dismissals under Order IX Rule 8 (where a fresh suit is barred under Rule 9), dismissals under Order IX Rule 2 or Rule 3 do not preclude the plaintiff from filing a fresh suit under Order IX Rule 4, provided the law of limitation is satisfied. (!) (!) (!)
  • Evidentiary Value of Wajib Dava: The evidentiary value of the document titled "Wajib Dava" was upheld by the Supreme Court, agreeing with the High Court's view that the document could not be ignored merely because it was not proved by examining attesting witnesses, especially since it was not disputed by the defendants. (!) (!)
  • Judgment Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition, holding that there was no merit in the petitioner's submissions regarding the maintainability of the fresh suit or the applicability of res judicata. (!)

ORDER :

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

1. This petition arises from the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur dated 24.10.2019 in Second Appeal No.424/2005 by which the Second Appeal filed by the respondents herein (original plaintiffs) came to be allowed and thereby, the judgment and order passed by the First Appellate Court reversing the decree passed by the Trial Court came to be set aside.

2. For the sake of convenience, the petitioners herein shall be referred to as the original defendants and the respondents herein shall be referred to as the original plaintiffs.

3. The facts giving rise to this petition may be summarized as under:

a. The history of this litigation goes something like this. In the first instance, the father of the original plaintiffs instituted a Civil Suit No.37A/1996 in the Court of Ld. Civil Judge, Ramanujganj, District- Sarguja, Chhattisgarh for declaration, cancellation of sale deed and a permanent injunction. It appears from the materials on record that the said suit came to be dismissed under the provisions of Order IX Rule 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (for short “the C.P.C.”). In such circumstances, the father of original plain

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