In Brief
Khajan Singh's widow had previously sued to inherit the same property and lost. Khajan Singh then filed a fresh suit claiming adverse possession. Both the trial court and High Court found this suit barred by res judicata—the legal principle preventing relitigation of matters already decided. The Supreme Court upheld this dismissal, finding no ground to interfere. The Court noted the litigation had protracted frivolously over four decades but declined to award exemplary costs given counsel's persuasive arguments."
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