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This decision, making declaration of status of Dikshitars, is a judgment in rem. It would operate as res judicata against any subsequent decision on that issue. Hence subsequent re-examination of that issue by the High Court by assuming as if it had jurisdiction to sit in appeal against its earlier decision of 1951 which had attained finality and taking view that earlier decision would not operate as res judicata, impermissible. <\/span><span>Subramanian Swamy v. 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