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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
K.BABU
Blessed Kunjachan, Santhom Mission Home Charitable Trust, Represented By Managing Trustee, Binoy James, S/o. James – Appellant
Versus
Antony Yohannan, S/o. Yohannan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. BABU, J.
The challenge in this Original Petition is to Ext.P8 order, whereby the Court appointed a person proposed by the plaintiff as the guardian of defendant No.1 on the ground that he is of unsound mind and unable to protect his interest.
2. The plaintiffs instituted O.S No.275/2018 before the Munsiff's Court, Pala, against defendant Nos.1 to 4, in which defendant No.1 was being sued pleading that he is of unsound mind. In the plaint, defendant No.1 is described as represented by his guardian, who is the husband of his cousin sister. Plaintiff No.1 filed an affidavit, stating that defendant No.1 is a person of unsound mind, along with the petition to appoint the proposed person as his guardian. The learned Munsiff allowed the order. The impugned order reads thus:
“Proposed guardian filed affidavit. Heard. He is appointed as guardian of D1.”
3. Admittedly, no preliminary enquiry was conducted before appointing a guardian to defendant No.1 on the premises that he was of unsound mind. The mandate of Order XXXII Rule 15 is that the Court, before whom a person stated to be suffering from mental infirmity, or a person who is seemingly unable to protect his interest when suin
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