P.Ramamoorthy v. Ponnambalam
Case brief
What is this about?
Routine single-Judge order of the Madras High Court dated 10-03-2025 (Justice T.V.Thamilselvi) in CMP No.17647 of 2022 arising in Second Appeal S.A.No.2284 of 2004, a temple/land dispute involving Arulmigu Sri Puthulayee Mariamman Temple (Puthupettai, Lawspet, Pondicherry) and official respondents of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. Allows substitution of the deceased 11th Respondent (P.Moorthy) by his legal heirs, numbered 17 to 19 in the cause list (M.Kasthuri, M.Valarmathi, M.Rani @ Sengeniammal), who are brought on record and ranked as Respondents 17 to 19. Keywords: legal heir substitution, bringing LRs on record, impleading legal representatives, interlocutory/miscellaneous petition, second appeal. No statutory provisions or precedents cited; no merits decided.
What did the court decide?
Petition ordered: the legal heirs of the deceased 11th Respondent brought on record and ranked as Respondents 17 to 19 in S.A.No.2284 of 2004.