law: Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  13.When
  
  foreign judgment not conclusive.-
  A
  
  foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly
  
  adjudicated upon between the same parties or between parties under whom they or
  
  any of them claim litigating under the same title except-
  (a) where it has not been pronounced by a Court of competent jurisdiction;
  (b) where it has not been given on the merits of the case;
  (c) where it appears on the face of the proceedings to be founded on an
  
  incorrect view of international law or a refusal to recognise the law of {Subs.
  
  by Act 2 of 1951, s.3, for "the States".} [India] in cases in which
  
  such law is applicable;
  (d) where the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained are opposed to
  
  natural justice;
  (e) where it has been obtained by fraud;
  (f) where it sustains a claim founded on a breach of any law in force in {Subs.
  
  by Act 2 of 1951, s.3, for "the States".} [India].