Landmark case · Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation · Semester 5

Shankar Ramchandra Abhyankar v. Krishnaji Dattatreya Bapat

AIR 1970 SC 1 · Supreme Court of India

Once a party has invoked a revisional or appellate jurisdiction, a second proceeding covering the same field may be barred as res judicata.

From topic

First appeals, second appeals and letters patent — Unit IV, Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation.

Related sections:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 96 — Appeal from original decree
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 100 — Second appeal on substantial question of law
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 104–105 — Orders from which appeal lies
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. XLI — Appeals from original decrees