JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of CPC, 1908 against the judgment and decree dated 21.04.2007 made in A.S.No.61/2006 on the file of the Principal District Judge of Erode which was reversed by the judgment and decree made in O.S.No.407/1998 dated 08.07.2004 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge of Erode.

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 21.04.2007 passed in A.S.No.61/2006 on the file of the Principal District Court, Erode, modifying the judgment and decree dated 08.07.2004 passed in O.S.No.407/1998 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Erode.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial court.

3. The defendants in O.S.No.407/1998 are the appellants in the second appeal.

4. Suit for damages / compensation.

5. The case of the plaintiffs, in brief, is that the first plaintiff married one Radha six years back and out of the wedlock, Radha gave birth to one female baby, who is aged 3 years and she is the second plaintiff and thereafter, Radha got conceived again and delivered a male baby on 26.04.1996 and the abovesaid delivery is a normal delivery and the