M/S. Chetak Construction Ltd vs Om Prakash & Ors on 20 April, 1998
7. The order of the CAT, Bangalore Bench has
attained its finality being not challenged before the
appropriate forum [Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka], by
taking the stand what has been taken in this OA. This
Bench is not competent to state anything on the decision
rendered by another coordinate Bench of the Tribunal, in
the present case by the Bangalore bench. "A litigant
cannot be permitted choice of the forum," and that every
attempt at forum shopping "must be crushed with a
heavy hand is the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex
Court in the case of M/s Chetak Construction Ltd. vs.
Om Prakash, AIR 1998 SC 1855, The approach of the
applicant by stating that after the order of rejection, he
submitted appeal cannot be a ground to sit over the
Signed By:C SADISH
KUMAR
Signing Date:16.04.2026
16:26
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orders passed by the co-ordinate Bangalroe Bench. It is
not in dispute that the subject matter of the OA before
the Bangalore Bench is the subject matter of this OA. Law
is well settled that res judicata can operate if a
subsequent case is filed on the same issued after
dismissal of the earlier one. The principle's goal is to
give finality to court decisions and prevent endless
litigation, so even if a case was dismissed for being
infructuous, it can still bar a new suit on the same
matter.