S.Anand Muruga Utharkar v. Mr.I.Shanmugadurai and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court order dated 15.07.2025 by C.V. Karthikeyan, J. allowing A.No.2866 of 2025 in C.S.No.221 of 2015 (suit for specific performance). Keywords: impleadment of legal heirs of deceased defendant; death of second defendant Gnanadeebam on 22.12.2023; no abatement as husband is first defendant; specific performance decree binds legal heirs; daughter/third respondent added as fourth defendant; amendment of plaint by plaintiff's counsel; legal representative brought on record.
What did the court decide?
Application allowed: plaintiff's counsel directed to amend the suit to indicate the death of the second defendant, record the first defendant as her legal heir, and bring her daughter on record as the fourth defendant. ¶¶6