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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR
J.Muthurajan – Appellant
Versus
S.Vaikundarajan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K.Murali Shankar, J.
These appeals are directed against the order made in I.A.No.5 of 2023 in O.S.No.72 of 2022, dated 29.08.2024 rejecting the plaint.
2. For the sake of convenience and brevity, the parties will hereinafter be referred as per their status/ranking in the original suit.
3. The appellants in both appeals have filed a suit to declare that the conciliation proceedings of the seventh defendant culminating in the conciliation award dated 02.01.2019 propounded by the defendants is a fraudulent and fabricated document, void and illegal and not binding on the plaintiffs and to declare that the Kaithadi Baga Pirivinai Pathiram dated 31.12.2018 propounded by the defendants has no legal status and it is not binding on the plaintiffs as it is neither registered nor having sufficient stamp duty.
4. The relationship not in dispute is that the first plaintiff and the first defendant are brothers, that the second plaintiff is the wife and the plaintiffs 3 to 5 are the sons of the first plaintiff, that the sixth plaintiff is the wife of the third plaintiff, that the second defendant is the wife, and the defendants 8 and 9 are the sons and the 11th defendant is the daughter of
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