J.Muthurajan vs S.Vaikundarajan - 2025 Supreme(Mad) 4281

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2025 Supreme(Mad) 4281

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR
J.Muthurajan – Appellant
Versus
S.Vaikundarajan – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr.S.Parthasarathy, Senior Counsel for Mr.N.V.Prakash,
For the Respondent: Mr.V.Raghavachari, Senior Counsel, for Mr.J.Kingsly Soleman, Mr.Elambharathi, Mr.K.Subburanga Bharathi, Mr.P.P.Alwin Balan, Mr.R.Anand for Mr.A.Muthupandian, Mr.S.Meenakshi Sundaram, Senior Counsel for Mr.R.T.Arivukumar, Mr.V.Perumal, Mr.V.Prakash, Senior Counsel for Mr.V.Janakiramulu, Mr.Sricharan Rangarajan, Senior Counsel for Mr.J.Jeba Selvan Newman

Table of Content
1. appeals against rejection of plaint. (Para 1 , 3 , 4 , 6)
2. validation of conciliation and documents. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
3. legal process surrounding rejection under order 7 rule 11. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 21)
4. clarification on scope of adjudication under section 47 cpc. (Para 36 , 37 , 38)
5. conditions for seeking declaratory relief. (Para 51 , 53)
6. dismissal of appeals and costs imposed. (Para 80 , 81)

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 regis