RAGHAVAN, J. :- These three appeals are connected and they are now heard together.

2. L. P. A. 3 of 1965 :- This appeal has been filed with leave of Srinivasan J., against S. A. No. 1243 of 1964 confirming the decisions of the courts below. The facts of the case are as follows : One Ramakrishna Pillai had two sons Arunachala and Appavoo. Arunchala's first wife Rathinathammal died in 1922 leaving no children and Arunachala died on 12-09-1949. Prior to his death certain proceedings in Court, to which he was a party, were pending and they were (1) O. S. 218 of 1943 on the file of the Sub-Court, Pudukottai, filed by one Sachidanandam Pillai against the assets of Ramakrishna Pillai in the hands of Arunachala and Appavoo and (2) A. S. 401 of 1949 on the file of the District Court, Tiruchirapalli. Vijayambal, the respondent in the above appeal applied herself in the above pending proceedings to be impleaded as heir of Arunachala, her deceased husband, on tha ground that she was his legally wedded wife. In the proceedings in O. S. 218 of 1943, her claims to the legally wedded status was negatived, while the District Court in A. S. 401 of 1949 upheld her legal status. She filed C. R