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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 62001

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M. Dhandapani, J
Robert Kennedy – Appellant
Versus
Dheenul Parith – Respondent
CRP (MD). No.2068 of 2025 | CMP(MD) No.12009 of 2025



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.M.Rajarajan
For the Respondents:

The necessity of establishing proof of tenancy rights for interim injunction claims is crucial for court relief.

Headnote:This judgment pertains to a Civil Revision Petition under Article 227 of the constitution to set aside an order from a lower court which reversed a previous injunction granted by the trial court. The claims of tenancy and the lack of evidence supporting the petitioner's grandfather's rights were primary points of consideration. The court concluded that the interim injunction was rightly set aside by the trial court due to insufficient proof of the petitioner's claims and dismissed the Civil Revision Petition with a directive for expeditious trial.

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1. no adverse orders were passed against the respondent. (Para 2 , 5)
2. the petitioner failed to prove tenancy rights. (Para 3 , 4 , 6)
3. the court dismissed the civil revision petition. (Para 7)

ORDER

The Civil Revision Petition is filed against the fair and decreetal order passed in C.M.A.7 of 2022 on the file of the Principal Sub Court, Kumbakonam dated 12.06.2025 reversing the fair and decreetal order passed in I.A.No.113 of 2020 in O.S.No.100 of 2020 on the file of the Additional District Munsif, Kumbakonam dated 28.11.2022.

2. Since no adverse orders are going to be passed against the respondent, notice to the respondent is dispensed with.

3. The petitioner is claiming to be the cultivating tenant under one Krishnasamy for vast extent of the land and subsequently there was a partition in the family members of Krishnasamy and Balammal was allotted with 44 cents, who is none other than daughter of Krishnasamy and Balammal in turn executed a sale deed in favour of Gokaley and Gokaley in turn sold 22 cents to one Kasinathan. Thereafter one Sakkubai has purchased the land from whom the defendant has purchased the said portion of the land. The defendant thus interfering with the possession of the property and therefore, the petitioner herein has filed a suit for interim injunction and the trial Court has also granted interim injunction in IA No.113/2020, against which, the respondent preferred an appeal before the lower appellate Court in CMA No.7/2022 on the file of the Principal Sub Court and the CMA was allowed.

Challenging the same, the petitioner is before this Court.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that admittedly the petitioner is the tenant of vast extent of land and he is a cultivating tenant under one Krishnasamy and Krishnasamy allotted 44 cents in favour of Balammal and Balammal alienated the property in favour of the defendant and the respondent/defendant hurriedly started construction in the said building, which was objected to by way of interim injunction. However, the same was set aside by the trial Court in CMA No.7/2022, which is not sustainable.

5. Since no adverse orders are going to be passed against the respondent, notice to the respondent is dispensed with.

6. The fact that the petitioner is the cultivating tenant and the respondent is the purchaser of the property from the legal heir of the original landlord is not disputed. The petitioner is said to be the tenant under Krishnasamy. A perusal of the entire record reveals that the petitioner's grandfather is the tenant and as per the version of the petitioner, tenancy right was granted by Krishnasamy in favour of one Vedhanayagam, namely, grandfather of the petitioner. However, the petitioner has not established the fact that he is the grandson of Vedhanayagam and no proof whatsoever was filed to substantiate the same. Further no proof was filed before this Court with regard to the transfer of tenancy in favour of the petitioner. However, without the said document, the trial Court granted interim injunction and the same was rightly set aside by the trial Court.

7.Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is dismissed. However, without being uninfluenced by the observations made hereinabove, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the suit as expeditiously as possible.

No costs. Consequently connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.

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