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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1974 case concering res judicata}}<br />
{{Infobox court case<br />
| name = Iftikhar Ahmed v. Syed Meharban Ali<br />
| court = [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| image = Emblem of the Supreme Court of India 2025.svg<br />
| full name = Iftikhar Ahmed & {{Abbr|Ors|Others}} v. Syed Meharban Ali & {{Abbr|Ors|Others}}<br />
| date_decided = {{start date|1974|02|26}}<br />
| citations = AIR 1974 SC 749<br />
| holding = Clarified the conditions under which the doctrine of res judicata applies among co-defendants, preventing repetitive litigation<br />
| judge = [[K. K. Mathew]], [[A. Alagiriswami]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''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."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iftikhar Ahmed And Others vs Syed Meharban Ali And Others on 26 February, 1974 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1778916/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=indiankanoon.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=Iftikhar Ahmed v. Syed Meharban Ali: A Landmark in the Doctrine of Res Judicata {{!}} BareLaw - BareLaw |url=https://www.barelaw.in/iftikhar-ahmed-v-syed-meharban-ali-a-landmark-in-the-doctrine-of-res-judicata-barelaw/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=www.barelaw.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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* Full text of ''Iftikhar Ahmed v. Syed Meharban Ali.,''1974 AIR 749 is available at: [https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1778916/ India Kanoon]<br />
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