P.V. HEMALATHA vs KATTAMKANDI P. MALIACKAL SAHEEDA

The case involves Special Leave Petitions against a Kerala High Court Division Bench judgment concerning the specific performance of a contract for the sale of two cinema theaters. A procedural deadlock occurred when the two judges of the Division Bench delivered conflicting opinions on all issues of fact and law. The Supreme Court was tasked with resolving the legal effect of such a split decision in a civil appeal.