Pandurang Shamrao Phadtare Deceased(Legal Heir) vs Dropadi Sadashiv Patil Advocate - Sawant Kishor Sadashiv — 12/2026

Summary: The Civil Judge rejected the defendant's application seeking to frame a preliminary issue of res-judicata under Section 11 CPC. The court held that since the case involves mixed questions of fact and law requiring detailed evidence—particularly regarding whether the defendant concealed the death of the plaintiff's predecessor (Pandurang) and obtained an ex-parte decree without adding legal heirs—the res-judicata plea cannot be decided as a preliminary issue and must be determined during final trial. The application was dismissed with no order as to costs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.