{"id":28789,"date":"2024-12-16T06:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28789"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:37:32","slug":"henderson-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/henderson-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Henderson Doctrine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Henderson Doctrine:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Propounded in the English case of Henderson versus Henderson, 1843, the doctrine suggests that\u00a0<strong>all the issues arising in the litigation out of the same subject<\/strong>\u00a0matter\u00a0<strong>must be addressed in a single suit.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The doctrine\u00a0<strong>bars relitigating issues that could<\/strong>\u00a0or should\u00a0<strong>have been raised in prior proceedings.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It held that\u00a0<strong>where a given matter becomes the subject of litigation<\/strong>\u00a0and the adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction, the\u00a0<strong>parties so litigating are required to bring forward their whole case.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was further held that the\u00a0<strong>principle of res judicata applies not only to points upon which the Court was called upon by the parties to adjudicate<\/strong>\u00a0and pronounce a judgement\u00a0<strong>but to every possible<\/strong>\u00a0or probable point or\u00a0<strong>issue that properly belonged to the subject<\/strong>\u00a0of litigation and\u00a0<strong>the parties ought to have brought forward at the time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>ensures<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>litigants are not subjected to repetitive<\/strong>\u00a0and vexatious\u00a0<strong>legal challenges.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>At its core, the principle stipulates that\u00a0<strong>all claims and issues that could<\/strong>\u00a0and should have\u00a0<strong>been raised in an earlier proceeding are barred from being raised in subsequent litigation<\/strong>, except in exceptional circumstances.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the Principle of res judicata?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Res judicata literally means \u2018<strong>the thing has been judged\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0It is also\u00a0<strong>known as claim preclusion.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The principle of res judicata\u00a0<strong>applies when a litigant attempts to file a subsequent lawsuit on the same matter after having received a judgment<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in a previous case<\/strong>\u00a0involving the same parties.<\/li>\n<li>It is a judicial concept, which means that the\u00a0<strong>issue before the court has already been decided by another court<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>between the same parties<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>courts do not allow a petition to be filed<\/strong>\u00a0in the same court or in another court.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, the\u00a0<strong>court will dismiss the case<\/strong>\u00a0before it as being useless.<\/li>\n<li>Res Judicata as a concept is applicable\u00a0<strong>both in Civil as well as Criminal legal system.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Judicial Activism?<\/h3>\n<p>Judicial activism refers to the idea that judges should actively interpret and shape the law rather than simply applying it as it is written.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-explains-henderson-doctrine-re-litigation-of-issues-that-could-have-been-raised-earlier-is-barred-278395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Supreme Court Explains &#8216;Henderson Doctrine&#8217; : Re-Litigation of Issues That Could Have Been Raised Earlier Is Barred<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henderson Doctrine suggests that all the issues arising in the litigation out of the same subject matter must be addressed in a single suit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}