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Astalaxmikanna v. J.a.K.Krishna

Madras HC21 Apr 2025TOS/13/2023

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What is this about?

Letters of Administration; Will dated 19.05.2016; Indian Succession Act Sections 232 and 276; Order XXV Rule 5 High Court Original Side Rules; testamentary original suit; T.O.S.; consent/settlement decree; Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre; Mediation Report 09.04.2025; Settlement Agreement; Court fee refund; No costs; High Court of Judicature at Madras; Astalaxmikanna versus J.A.K.Krishna and J.A.K.Adi Balaji; suit decreed in terms of mediation settlement without contested trial.

What did the court decide?

Testamentary Original Suit decreed in terms of the Mediation Report dated 09.04.2025 and the Settlement Agreement, which form part and parcel of the decree; Registry directed to refund the Court fee to the plaintiff in accordance with law; No costs. ¶20

Astalaxmikanna Vs J.a.K.Krishna — Succession and Inheritance | Madras HC (2025)

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Issue for consideration

Whether Letters of Administration of the Will dated 19.05.2016 should be granted to the petitioner as wife/beneficiary under the Will, with effect limited to the State of Tamil Nadu.

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Court's answer

Recording the settlement arrived at between the parties at the Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court, Madras, the Testamentary Original Suit stands decreed in terms of the Mediation Report dated 09.04.2025 and the Settlement Agreement.

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Ratio / Principle

The Mediation Report and the Settlement Agreement shall form part and parcel of the decree of the suit.

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Key takeaways

Registry is directed to refund the Court fee to the plaintiff in accordance with law, and the matter is ordered with no costs.ratio¶20

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High Court of Judicature at Madras — T.O.S.No.13 of 2023, decided 21.04.2025 (C.SARAVANAN, J.). Testamentary Original Suit filed by Astalaxmikanna under Sections 232 and 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 39 of 1925 read with Order XXV Rule 5 of the High Court Original Side Rules, seeking Letters of Administration of a Will dated 19.05.2016 as wife/beneficiary, with effect limited to the State of Tamil Nadu, against defendants J.A.K.Krishna and J.A.K.Adi Balaji. Before adjudication, the parties settled the dispute at the Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court, Madras, and the Mediation Report dated 09.04.2025 with the Settlement Agreement was placed before the Court. Recording the settlement, the Court decreed the suit in terms of the Mediation Report and Settlement Agreement, directed that both form part and parcel of the decree, ordered refund of Court fee to the plaintiff, and made no order as to costs. No findings were rendered on the genuineness or validity of the Will.

Astalaxmikanna v. J.a.K.Krishna

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