Judges
Madras High Court

Justice S.Sounthar

Madras High Court · 2024–2026
21 judgments in the LexStreak library · 21 with headnotes
2026:MHC:341219 Aug 2026
Chinnammal (Died), Dharmaraj v. S.Eswari
The Madras High Court held that an ex parte judgment must still satisfy Order 20 Rule 4(2) CPC by setting out the points for determination and the reasons for the decision, but that the…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
S.A.Nos.609 of 202330 Jul 2026
G.Ravichandran v. K.Arulmozhi
The Madras High Court dismissed second appeals arising from a suit for declaration of title and recovery of possession contested on two rival Wills of the same testatrix, holding that the…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:266222 Jun 2026
SUDHAKAR v. PATTAMMAL(Died)
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal by legatees who sued for declaration of title while the life-estate holder under the same Will was alive, holding that a future right is not…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:284118 Jun 2026
LAKSHMANA GOUNDER (SINCE DECEASED 1.Sengottaiyan v. SELVI
Partly allowing second appeals in a partition suit, the Madras High Court held that assigned land blended with joint family properties is joint family property, that a plea not specifically…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:213105 Jun 2026
P.KRISHNAN v. K.SELVAM
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal against concurrent decrees for specific performance, holding that the plea of readiness and willingness is available to a subsequent…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:199505 Jun 2026
Venkatalakshmiamma v. Chinna Venkatamma
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal against concurrent dismissals of a partition suit, holding that a plaintiff who produced no acceptable evidence that the suit property was…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:126526 Mar 2026
L.ARUN v. L.SARAN (DECEASED), L. Pushappammal(Died), 1.S.Ren
The Madras High Court held that an adoption made after the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 came into force must be proved in accordance with its mandatory conditions -- the wife's…
Family / MatrimonialCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:143918 Mar 2026
R.KANNAN v. VEERAMMAL
The Madras High Court dismissed second appeals seeking declaration of title, holding that a sale of a minor's immovable property by the natural guardian without the previous permission of…
Family / MatrimonialProperty / Land
2026:MHC:115416 Mar 2026
H.Prema Devakumari v. The Estate of S.Jayaraj
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal, holding that the defence of bonafide purchaser is not available against the doctrine of lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2025:MHC:274128 Nov 2025
P.B.Rajahamsam v. S.Narayanan
The Madras High Court held that the right to freedom of religion under Article 25 is subject to public order and cannot be used to interfere with the official services of temple office…
Constitutional Law
2025:MHC:218010 Sept 2025
R. MUTHAMILSELVAM v. GOVINDARAJULU
The Madras High Court dismissed connected first appeals and confirmed a decree declaring the respondent's title and directing recovery of possession, holding that an agreement of sale…
Property / Land
2025:MHC:129502 Jun 2025
United India Insurance Company Ltd v. M JOHN
In cross appeals against a motor accident award, the Court held that a legal representative may maintain a claim whether or not dependent, found the husband and major sons only partially…
Motor AccidentsCivil Procedure / CPC
2025:MHC:99116 Apr 2025
THE BRANCH MANAGER v. MUTHULAKSHMI
Answering a common question of law arising in a batch of appeals, the Madras High Court held that notwithstanding the deletion of the proviso to sub-section (4) and of sub-section (5) of…
Motor Accidents
2024:MHC:420020 Dec 2024
M/s.PT.Bara Daya Energi India Private Limited v. The Government of Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court upheld rejection of a coal-supply bid by a wholly owned subsidiary that relied entirely on its Indonesian parent's credentials and mines, holding that a subsidiary…
Writ / Public Law
2024:MHC:337911 Sept 2024
V.R.CHANDANA v. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF REGISTRATION
The Madras High Court quashed a Sub Registrar's refusal to register a settlement deed by a granddaughter in favour of her grandmother at concessional stamp duty, holding that the words…
TaxationProperty / Land
2024:MHC:325301 Aug 2024
CHITHAMBARAM v. KANNAN(DIED)
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) dismissed a second appeal in a title and possession suit, holding that one appeal lies against a single composite decree in a suit and counter claim,…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
SA.162/200310 Jul 2024
Sukumara Pillai v. Padmanabhan
The Madras High Court allowed a second appeal and passed a final decree for redemption, holding that in a usufructuary mortgage the limitation for a final decree application runs only from…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2024:MHC:243821 Jun 2024
T.S.Govindaraj Chettiar (Died) v. L.Raja Mahendran
The Madras High Court allowed a second appeal and restored the dismissal of a suit claiming a right of way over a neighbour's lane, holding that an easement of necessity needs a splitting…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2024:MHC:233206 Jun 2024
V.GANDHI, S/O.VELLAYUTHAM v. PERIANNAN, (* DIED)
The Madras High Court allowed a second appeal and remanded a first appeal, holding that a first appellate judgment which framed only a vague point and affirmed the trial court without…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2024:MHC:214230 Apr 2024
S.Masutha Begam v. The Christian Education Health and Development Society
The Madras High Court dismissed a tenant's second appeal and upheld a civil court decree for possession, holding that a society registered under the Societies Registration Act whose…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2024:MHC:210530 Apr 2024
The Sourashtra High School Council v. Sourashtra Girls Vidya Sangam
The Madras High Court allowed a second appeal by a school society and restored a decree for possession of a building let to a sister institution in 1947, holding that monthly payments…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
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