Supreme Court of India · 2012-05-22
BADAMI(D) TR.HER LR. vs BHALI
- Citation / case number
- SC 2006/28927
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BADAMI(D) TR.HER LR.
- Respondent
- BHALI
- Author
- Dipak Misra
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA B.S. CHAUHAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court ruled that the judgment and decree dated 27.11.1973 in Civil Suit No. 1422 of 1973 was vitiated by fraud and manifest illegality, thereby rendering it a nullity. The Court held that the subsequent claims of right, title, and possession based on this decree in Civil Suit No. 401 of 1984 and Civil Suit No. 784 of 1984 could not stand. The Court emphasized that consent decrees obtained through fraud are void and cannot be relied upon in subsequent litigation.