COMMON JUDGMENT

DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Prelude:-

E.Ponnuswamy Nadar and his erstwhile wife Sukumari Prathibha are the main contesting parties in these batch of four First Appeals arising from three Original Suits, namely, O.S.Nos.98 of 2008 and 23 of 2009, filed by E.Ponnuswamy Nadar and O.S.No.88 of 2010 filed by Sukumari Prathibha. The ancillary parties to the suits are the second wife of E.Ponnuswamy Nadar, Kumari Thangam and her two children, namely, Indira Priyadharshini and Raniki Jhancy Lakshmi Bai. They are all sailing with E.Ponnuswamy Nadar.

2. Whereas Sukumari the erstwhile wife of E.Ponnuswamy Nadar and his nephew Selvan Swamydhas Raman, claiming the joint Power of Attorneys for E.Ponnuswamy Nadar and the parties, who have purchased the properties from them on the strength of a General Power of Attorney, alleged to have been executed before a Solicitor and Notary at Australia on 14.05.2003, sail together with Sukumari Prathibha.

Facts relevant in each of the suits and its outcome:-

3. The background for this litigation is that E.Ponnuswamy Nadar married Sukumari Prathibha on 10.12.1969. They were gainfully employed at Uganda as Teachers, then, shifted their