B. Senguttuvan vs S. Karthikeyan - 2025 Supreme(Mad) 2230

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2025 Supreme(Mad) 2230

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S.M. Subramaniam, K. Rajasekar, JJ
B. Senguttuvan – Appellant
Versus
S. Karthikeyan – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For Appellant : Mrs. R. Pushpalatha
For Respondent: Mr. R. Ramanlaal

ORDER :

K. RAJASEKAR, J.

This appeal has been filed by the appellant, who is the defendant in the original suit, to set aside the Judgment and decree passed on 29.04.2024 in O.S. No.2521/2019 by the III Additional City Civil Court of Chennai, wherein, he suffered decree that the agreement of sale dated 24.11.2016, which was executed in his favour has been cancelled and that awarding payment of Rs.10,00,000/- as damages along with cost.

2. The suit was originally filed by the plaintiff, who is the respondent herein before the Original Side of this Court, which is numbered as C.S.No.64 of 2018, later, it was transferred to the City Civil Court, Chennai based on the pecuniary jurisdiction and renumbered as O.S.No.2521 of 2019.

3.1 The case of the plaintiff is that he along with his family members were resided in their ancestral house at Melavalampettai, Karunguli, Madhuranthagam Taluk and his parents as well as his sister all died, committing suicide in their ancestral house. At that point of time, the plaintiff was a minor and he was taken care by his paternal aunt, namely Kanchana. The plaintiff's father namely Subramani, left behind a lot of properties at Melavalampettai, Karunguli, Ma