S.Kamalakannan v. The Tahsildar
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner challenged rejection of his online legal heirship application. Court held adoption deed need not be registered per Supreme Court precedent and directed issuance of certificate.
What did the court decide?
Deleted impugned order rejecting legal heirship application and directed respondent to issue fresh Legal Heirship Certificate in favour of petitioner.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 06.01.2020
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN
W.P.No.12569 of 2019 and
WMP.Nos.12826 and 23565 of 2019
S.Kamalakannan .. Petitioner
..Vs..
The Tahsildar, Perambur Taluk Office, Perambur, Chennai – 600 011. ..Respondent
PRAYER : Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the respondent relating to the Impugned order of rejection passed by the respondent in the petitioner's Online Legal heir ship application dated 01.03.2019 bearing No.TN-7201903011940, quash the same and consequentially direct the respondent herein to issue Legal Heir ship Certificate of Late.S.Dhanalakshmi, by including the name of the petitioner herein, within a time bound manner, to be stipulated by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Venkat Raman
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether an adoption deed is compulsorily registrable under Section 17 of the Registration Act.
Whether the petitioner qualifies as a legal heir to the deceased adoptive mother.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
S. Kamalakannan
- respondent
The Tahsildar, Perambur Taluk Office, Perambur, Chennai – 600 011
Coram
C.V. Karthikeyan
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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