Civil
S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath
Full citation: S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, (1994) 1 SCC 1, Supreme Court of India, decided 27.10.1993
Legal proposition
A judgment or decree obtained by fraud is a nullity; suppressing material documents amounts to fraud on the court.
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