By reason of commission of a fraud, a decree is rendered to be void rendering all subsequent proceedings taken pursuant thereto also nullity.

AIR 2009 SC (Supp) 1309 Once it is held that by reason of commission of a fraud, a decree is rendered to be void rendering all subsequent proceedings taken pursuant thereto also nullity, in our opinion, it would be wholly inequitable to confer a benefit on a party, who is a beneficiary thereunder In K.D. Sharma v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. And ors. [2008 (10) SCALE 227]