“Any relief claimed in the plaint, which is not expressly granted by the decree, shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been refused.” This provision is incorporated in

This provision from Section 11, Explanation V of the CPC clarifies the deemed refusal rule for res judicata. Any relief claimed in the plaint but not expressly granted by decree is treated as refused for the purposes of Section 11. This prevents parties from relitigating claims that were implicitly rejected. The other explanations to Section 11 deal with different aspects of res judicata.