Jarnail Singh, Assistant Excise And ... vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 3 February, 2006
In the case of Santosh Kumar v. Nandalal Chakrapani , Full Bench had held that abatement of a suit did not either operate as res judicata or preclude the defence or extinguish the title of the legal representative of the deceased plaintiff to the subject matter of the suit. This Full Bench placed reliance on a number of earlier judgments.