RAJ LAKSHMI DASI AND OTHERS vs BANAMALI SEN AND OTHERSBHOLANATH SEN AND OTHERSV.RAJ LAKSH

The Supreme Court held that a decision regarding title in land acquisition proceedings operates as res judicata in subsequent suits between the same parties, even if the Land Acquisition Judge lacked jurisdiction to try the subsequent suit. This principle applies regardless of whether the dispute concerns compensation or the property itself, as established under general legal principles rather than Section 11 of the Civil Procedure Code. The Court affirmed that a mortgagee's claim is also bound by the decision made in the land acquisition proceedings, even if the mortgagee did not participate in the earlier hearings.