IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Order reserved on : 11.11.2025 Order pronounced on : 05.12.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE P.B. BALAJI CRP.No.2471 of 2025 & CMP.No.14167 of 2025 Meenakshi ... Petitioner Vs.

Rani Padmini ... Respondent Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 115 of CPC, to set aside the order and decree dated 04.04.2025 made in I.A.No.182 of 2021 in H.M.O.P.No.50 of 2006 by the Family Court, Tiruvarur @ Mannargudi.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Balaji for Mrs.Radhika Boopathi For Respondent : Mr.A.Navaneethakrishnan Senior Counsel for Mr.Pandi Thennavan

ORDER

The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the respondent, aggrieved by the order of the Family Court, Thiruvarur at Manargudi, condoning the delay of 3618 days in filing the application to set aside the ex-parte decree dated 20-07-2007.

2.I have heard Mr.T.Balaji for Mrs.Radhika Bhoopathi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A. Navaneethakrishnan, learned Senior Counsel for Mr.Pandi Thennavan, learned counsel for the respondent. 3.The respondent and the petitioner's son were husband and wife, having been married to each other on 19-08-1998. According to the petitioner, the respondent left the