C.Alamelu v. Chandra
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissed-as-settled Civil Revision Petition (CRP No. 3340 of 2025) filed under Section 115 C.P.C. in the High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 19-12-2025 by Justice P.B. Balaji, challenging the order dated 12-02-2025 in I.A.No.399 of 2021 in O.S.No.124 of 2012 (Subordinate Judge, Alandur). Petitioner C.Alamelu received Rs.13,00,000/- (Rupees Thirteen Lakhs) as compensation, accepted in full settlement, against respondents Chandra, Venkatesan, Nalini and Satyavani (family of late K.R.Madanagopal); petition dismissed as settled out of Court with no costs. Contains no substantive holding; citable, if at all, only for the fact and quantum of compromise, not for any principle of law.
What did the court decide?
In view of the parties' amicable settlement out of Court (with the petitioner accepting compensation of Rs.13,00,000/- in full settlement, as reported by petitioner's counsel), the Court held there was no further consideration required in the Civil Revision Petition and dismissed it as settled out of Court, with no order as to costs.