Iftikhar Ahmed v. Syed Meharban Ali., 1974 AIR 749, is a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court of India that clarified the specific conditions under which the doctrine of res judicata can be applied. The ruling strengthened the doctrine and emphasised that application of the rule by the courts "should be influenced by no technical considerations of form, but by matter of substance."
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Full text of Iftikhar Ahmed v. Syed Meharban Ali.,1974 AIR 749 is available at: India Kanoon