IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS RESERVED ON : 05.11.2019 PRONOUNCED ON : 03.01.2020 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAVINDRAN A.S.No.276 of 2012 and M.P.No.1 of 2012 D.Jayaraman ... Appellant Vs.

Mouttouvelou Represented by his Power of Attorney T.S.Chandrasekaran ... Respondent Prayer: First Appeal filed under Order IV Rule 14 of the Appellate Side Rules r/w Section 96 of C.P.C.,1908, against the judgment and Decree dated 21.10.2011 passed by the II Additional District Judge, Puducherry in O.S.No.91 of 2006.

For Appellant : Mr.R.Mukundan For Respondent : No appearance Set exparte vide order dated 05.11.2019.

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J U D G M E N T

Aggrieved over the judgment and decree dated 21.10.2011 passed in O.S.No.91 of 2006 on the file of the II Additional District Court, Pondicherry, the first defendant has preferred this First Appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial court.

3. Suit for recovery of money.

4. The case of the plaintiff in brief is that the first defendant is his father-in-law and the plaintiff is having French citizenship and on 12.09.1999, the first defendant solemnized his daughter's marriage with the plaintiff a