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Gulabchand Chhotalal Parikh vs State Of Bombay (Now Gujarat) on 14 December, 1964

It is clear from the judgment in Civil Suit No.87/29 that Mahadeos adoption was the point in dispute. Thus, it is also clear that the question of Mahadeos adoption is the contention in both the suits. Again we find that the other questions are also common in that suit and in this suit the question of adoption of present Defendant No.1 by Mohanlal, the question of validity of the adoption deed, dated 9th December, 1923 and the question of validity of the Kararnama, dated 10th December, 1923 were also directly or substantially in issue in the said suit. This, in that suit the matter in controversy was decided after full contest and after affording fair opportunity to the parties to prove their case. Hence despite the fact that Betul Court was not competent to try the suit before us the questions referred to above which were decided in that suit would operate as res judicata, by the general principles of res judicata, in view of the observations of the Supreme Court. In that previous suit we find that it has been decided that Mahadeo was not the adopted son of Mohanlal and secondly, the Defendant No.1 Ramgopal was adopted son of Mohanlal. Thirdly, the question the so-called validity of adoption deed, dated 9th December, 1923 was decided and it was decided that Kararnama, dated 10th December 1923 and adoption deed were not binding on the Defendant No.1 who was the plaintiff No.2 in that case. Hence all these questions cannot now be agitated in the suit before us and the decisions on those points would operate as res judicata. The civil Suit No.157-A/1935 was filed by the Defendant No.1 Ramgopal, as stated above, against Kisanibai and Radhabai and three others, now the question is as to whether the decision in this Suit No.157-A/35 operates as res judicata. In that suit Radhabai was a party. The issues were (1) Whether the plaintiff (Defendant No.1in this suit) was adopted by Mohanlal?
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