In Brief
The case concerns the cancellation of bonus marks awarded to teacher candidates. The Supreme Court examined the principles of res judicata and precedent, clarifying that res judicata is binding even when the previous decision was wrong, unless the error involved a jurisdictional defect. The Court distinguished between res judicata (concerning the same dispute) and precedent (concerning application of law in similar cases). The appeals were disposed of without substantive discussion of the underlying merit of the bonus marks cancellation, focusing instead on these procedural principles drawn from precedent.
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