In Brief
This case involved a challenge to the validity of two sale deeds relating to the same property sold to the same parties on different dates. The respondents filed a suit to set aside these deeds, but the High Court found the second suit was barred due to identical claims arising from the same obligation. The Supreme Court held that successive alienations to the same parties constitute a single cause of action, and therefore the second suit was barred under Order II Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The Court allowed the appeal, emphasizing that the plaintiff could have raised all claims in a single suit.
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