SELVARAJ (D) THROUGH LRS. . vs NAGARAJAN — C.A. No. 3686/1999

Case Summary: Selvaraj (D) through LRS v. Nagarajan, C.A. No. 3686/1999 Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the civil appeal with no order as to costs on December 16, 2004. The Court upheld the High Court's decision, affirming that when a decree from O.S. No. 88/1966 was set aside in subsequent litigation, that setting aside extended to all affirming orders passed by appellate courts and the High Court, making the original decree executable. Key Issue: Appellants argued the trial court's 1966 decree had become infructuous and merged into appellate orders, preventing its execution. The Court rejected this, holding that an affirmation by appellate courts does not supersede the original decree, and when set aside, the setting aside applies to all affirming orders. Next Steps: None specified; the appeal was finally disposed of. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.