In Brief
The appellant, a hydro power corporation, filed a civil suit claiming compensation for expenses incurred on a power project. The suit was dismissed by the trial court, upheld by the High Court, on grounds that it was barred under Section 9 of the CPC and by res-judicata, allegedly settled in prior litigation. The Supreme Court set aside this dismissal, holding that since the High Court had previously disallowed these exact claims as being outside an administrative award's scope, they were never settled. The matter was remanded to trial court to decide the suit on its merits, with findings on jurisdiction and limitation preserved.
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