LL.M. Assignment on
OVERVIEW OF RES JUDICATA AS A CONCEPT UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Submitted by:
Saket Kesharwani LL.M. (2014-15 batch)
Roll No: 15, PRN: 14010143015
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
CONTENTS
Chapter 1- INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 3
Objective .......................................................................................................... 4
Scope ..................................................................................................................4
Significance ...................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2- RES JUDICATA- A CONCEPT ................................................... 4
Essentials for Res Judicata ............................................................................... 6
Res Judicata in Administrative Law ................................................................ 7
Res Judicata in Writ Petitions ............................................................................9
Constructive Res Judicata ................................................................................ 11
Habeas Corpus Petitions ................................................................................... 12
Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 13
INTRODUCTION Res Judicata is a phrase which has been evolved from a Latin maxim, which stand for the thing has been judged, meaning thereby that the issue before the court has already been decided by another court, between the same parties. Therefore, the court will dismiss the case before it as being useless. Res Judicata as a concept is applicable both in case of Civil as well as Criminal legal system.
The term is also used to mean as to bar re-litigation of such cases between the same