Answer-When is a court barred from trying a suit or issue?

Explanation Section 11. Res judicata No Court shall try any suit or issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially in issue in a former suit between the same parties, or between parties under whom they or any of them claim, litigating under the same title, in a Court competent to try such subsequent suit or the suit in which such issue has been subsequently raised, and has been heard and finally decided by such Court.Explanation I.--The expression former suit shall denote a suit which has been decided prior to a suit in question whether or not it was instituted prior thereto.

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When is a court barred from trying a suit or issue?

A When the matter was directly and substantially in issue in a previous suit, between the same parties or their successors, and has been finally decided by a competent court

B When the parties in a suit have previously litigated on a similar matter in a different jurisdiction, regardless of whether it was heard or decided

C When the matter in issue involves multiple claims raised in separate courts, even if no final decision has been reached

D When the previous suit was between different parties but involved a similar issue

E When the matter in issue is still pending in a lower court for a decision

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