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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.B.BALAJI
K. Buvaneswari – Appellant
Versus
J. Jegajothi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeal against rejection of partition suit plaint. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. defendants deny ancestral claim; assert self-acquired properties. (Para 3) |
| 3. trial court rejects plaint as time-barred. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 4. appellant argues limitation starts from fraud discovery. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 5. respondents assert knowledge since 2002; suit barred. (Para 12) |
| 6. court finds plaint admits 2002 knowledge of partition. (Para 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 7. appeal and cmp dismissed; trial order upheld. (Para 16 , 17) |
JUDGMENT :
P.B. BALAJI, J.
1. The appellant is the plaintiff in a suit for partition, aggrieved by rejection of plaint in I.A.No.25 of 2025, has preferred the present first appeal. After arguments and judgment was also reserved in the appeal, the appellant came out with an application in C.M.P.No.5759 of 2026 for raising additional grounds in the appeal and hence, the appeal suit was reopened and further arguments were heard on 27.02.2026. The Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed seeking permission to raise additional grounds is taken up along with the main Appeal.
2. Pleadings:
The plaint in brief:
2.1. The Plaintiff is the daughter of Ekambara Mudaliar, who owned the schedule mentioned p
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