RAJA SRI SAILENDRA NARAYANBHANJA DEO vs THE STATE OF ORISSA.

The Supreme Court held that the Kanika Raj qualifies as an 'estate' under Section 2(g) of the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951, and the appellant is estopped from contesting this definition due to a prior compromise decree. The Court emphasized that a consent judgment creates an estoppel as effectively as a contested judgment, and the appellant's claim that no notification under Section 3(1) could issue was rejected. The Court also clarified that there is no rule preventing the respondent from raising grounds not specified in their Statement of Case.