Litan Aich vs The Union Of India And 6 Ors on 8 June, 2022
4. As far as the applicability of the res judicata in a proceeding before the Foreigners
Tribunal is concerned, the same is settled that if a proceedee has already been declared an
Indian in a procceding before the Foreigners Tribunal, unless the same is interfered by the
competent forum, the same will be binding on subsequent proceeding against the same
person in terms of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court passed in Abdul Kuddus vs
Union of India (2019) 6 SCC 604 and the decision rendered by this Court in WP(C)
No.2099/2018 (Sital Mandal vs. Union of India and Ors.) on 28.04.2022 and other analogous
matters and as such, if any such application is made by the applicant in the subsequent
proceeding, the Tribunal is duty bound to examine the same to ascertain as to whether the
proceedee is the same person who was proceeded earlier before the Tribunal and a
favourable opinion was passed by the Tribunal declaring him/her to be an Indian.