NCLAT held that the Hon’ble Apex Court, recently held that doctrine of resjudicata is applicable to proceedings under IBC also in Ebix Singapore Pte Ltd. vs Committee Of Creditors Of Educomp (2021) ibclaw.in 153 SC held that the doctrine of resjudicata is applicable to the proceeding of IBC. In view of the principle laid down in the above judgment strictly doctrine of resjudicata is applicable even to the proceedings under IBC and challenge to the findings in incidental or collateral proceedings amounts to an abuse of process of Court. In any view of the matter, when the Appellant raised a specific ground before the Adjudicating Authority and before this Tribunal in the first round of litigation as narrated above, against the order passed by this Tribunal in judgment passed in Company Appeal (AT)(Ins) No. 183 of 2021, affirmed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Civil Appeal No. 7715 of 2021 dated 05.05.2022, again raising such grounds in the second round of litigation in incidental proceedings is nothing but an abuse of process of Court.
It also held that judgment obtained by playing fraud on the Tribunal or judgment or order passed without inherent jurisdiction is nonest in the eye of law and the same can be challenged in a collateral or incidental proceeding, but it was not the case of the Appellants in these appeals. Hence in any collateral or incidental proceeding, the judgment cannot be agitated which attained finality. If such course is permitted it would amount to exercise of power of review of its own judgment or sitting over the judgment in appeal against its own order or judgment which is impermissible under law.