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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN
Karuppanan – Appellant
Versus
Raju (Deceased) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of appeals and parties' representations. (Para 1 , 3) |
| 2. nature of the property and claims of the plaintiffs. (Para 4 , 6 , 10) |
| 3. defendants' arguments against plaintiffs' claims. (Para 8 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. judicial observations on possession and rights. (Para 21 , 31) |
| 5. legal principles on partition rights and auction sales. (Para 37 , 39 , 53) |
| 6. final judgments and conclusions laid down by the court. (Para 55 , 56 , 57) |
JUDGMENT :
V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.
1. These second appeals arise out of the common judgment passed by the learned II Additional District Judge at Erode in A.S.Nos.227 & 228 of 1998 dated 29.06.1999, in reversing the judgment and decree of the Court of District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate at Perundurai in O.S.No.187 of 1995 and O.S.No.197 of 1996 dated 15.09.1998.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their ranks in the suit in O.S.No.197 of 1996.
3. O.S.No.197 of 1996 is a suit for partition. It was originally presented as O.S.No.349 of 1992, on the file of the Sub Court at Erode. Initially, it was decreed declaring the plaintiffs' 2/6th share. Aggreived by the same, the defendants 2 and 3 preferred an appeal. Th
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