Indian Bank v Maharashtra State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd.

Rule established

Section 10 CPC (stay of suit on ground of sub judice) applies only where the matter in issue in the subsequent suit is directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit between the same parties, litigating under the same title, in a court of competent jurisdiction; it does not apply merely because there is some connection or overlap in subject matter, and courts must examine the issues closely before granting a stay.