B N Padmanabhaiah And Sons vs R N Nadigar 2025 INSC 214 - Locus Standi

Summary- Trial Court partly decreed suit - First Appellate Court set aside decree- High Court decreed the suit - While allowing appeal, SC observed: Plaintiffs in the present suit were not parties to the previous suit and they made no attempt to implead themselves therein, having complete knowledge of the earlier round of litigations between the appellant and the State, they have no locus standi to file the present suit, specially in a representative capacity, wherein they are attempting to obtain reliefs for respondent No.2/State, which itself is barred from encroaching the suit property. Therefore, we are of the opinion that the present suit filed by the plaintiffs is not maintainable.