• Vivek Kumar

Res Judicata is a term that has originated from a Latin maxim that stands for 'the thing has been judged,' implying that the issue before the case, with the same parties, has already been resolved by another court. The court would then ignore the lawsuit before it, as being useless. In the case of both the civil and criminal justice systems, Res Judicata as a term is applicable.The term is often used to refer to 'bar re-litigation' of the same parties in such cases, which varies between the two legal systems. If a final judgment in a case has been released, the following judges facing a lawsuit that is similar to or virtually the same as the first one, must enforce the doctrine of Res Judicata 'in order to maintain the influence of the first judgment.' This is to prevent prejudice to the parties in an allegedly resolved lawsuit, but perhaps mostly to avoid needless misuse of the Legal System's money and time.Consequently, the same case cannot be re-established either in the same court or in the separate courts of India. This is only to discourage them from combining judgments, because with the same harm, a winning complainant cannot recover damages from the defendant twice.

Code of Civil Procedure; Legal System; Res Judicata; Suit; Subject Matter.

"Principle of Res Judicata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.278-281, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREP06071.pdf

"Principle of Res Judicata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp278-281, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREP06071.pdf