N.Vinothini Vs Kavitha — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

N.Vinothini Vs Kavitha — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether anything survives in O.S.A.No.148 of 2021 (arising out of the interlocutory order in A.No.1108 of 2020 in C.S.No.721 of 2019) for further adjudication, given that the main suit C.S.No.721 of 2019 has been dismissed as settled out of court vide judgment dated 18.11.2021.

Court's answer

Since the main suit C.S.No.721 of 2019 has been dismissed as settled out of court vide judgment dated 18.11.2021, nothing survives in this appeal for further adjudication.

Ratio / Principle

Recording the memo dated 02.04.2024 and in view of the judgment dated 18.11.2021 in C.S.No.721 of 2019, the appeal shall stand dismissed as infructuous; consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed, with no costs.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Infructuous-appeal closure (Madras High Court, 19.06.2026; bench: P.Velmurugan J. and K.Govindarajan Thilakavadi J.; judgment delivered by P.Velmurugan J.). O.S.A.No.148 of 2021 and C.M.P.No.6625 of 2021, filed by appellant Mrs.N.Vinothini under Order XXXVI Rule 1 of the Original Side Rules and Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 03.12.2020 made in Application No.1108 of 2020 in C.S.No.721 of 2019; respondents included Mrs.Kavitha, Mrs.N.Lakshmi @ Mahalakshmi, K.Sampath Kumar, Mrs.S.Suganya, the Passport Authority of India, the Registrar of Births and Deaths (Pallavaram Municipality), the Chairman and Managing Director TANSI, the Joint Sub Registrar Saidapet, the Tahsildar Mambalam-Guindy, and the Forensic Science Department. When called on, appellant's counsel (Mr.S.Saravanan) produced a memo reporting that the main suit C.S.No.721 of 2019 had been dismissed as settled out of court vide judgment dated 18.11.2021, so nothing remained to adjudicate. Recording the memo dated 02.04.2024 and the 18.11.2021 judgment, the court held nothing survived in the appeal and dismissed it as infructuous; the connected miscellaneous petition was closed and no costs were ordered. No merits adjudication, no statutory interpretation, no precedent engagement, no monetary award.

O.S.A.No.148 of 2021

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.06.2026

Coram:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN and THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI

O.S.A.No.148 of 2021 and C.M.P.No.6625 of 2021

Mrs.N.Vinothini D/o.Late.Nadavelu

... Appellant

Vs.

Mrs.Kavitha,

D/o.Late.M.Nadavelu

Mrs.N.Lakshmi @ Mahalakshmi D/o.Nadavelu

K.Sampath Kumar, S/o.G.Karutaa Gnaniar

Mrs.S.Suganya, W/o.Veera Jagadeeswar

The Passport Authority of India, Rayala Towers, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 044.

The Registrar of Births and Deaths, Pallavaram Municipality, Chrompet, Chennai-600 044.

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The Chairman and Managing Director, TANSI, Thiru.Vi.Ka.Estate, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032.

The Joint Sub Registrar, Saidapet, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032.

The Tahsildar, Mambalam Guindy Taluk Office, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017.

The Forensic Science Department, No.30-A, Kamarajar Salai, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004. ... Respondents

Prayer : This Appeal is filed under Order XXXVI Rule 1 of Original Side Rules and Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order dated 03.12.2020 made in Application No.1108 of 2020 in C.S.No.721 of 2019.

For Appellant	: Mr.S.Saravanan
For Respondents	: R1 – No Such Person RR2 – 4 – Left
	Mr.C.Kulanthaivel, Standing Counsel for R5 Mr.M.Hemanth Kumar,
	Govt. Counsel for RR6 to 10 *******

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was made by P.VELMURUGAN, J.)

Today, when the matter is called for hearing, the learned counsel for the appellant represented that he filed a memo stating that the main suit itself has been

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dismissed a settled out of court vide judgment dated 18.11.2021 and hence nothing survives in this appeal and same may be dismissed as infructuous.

2 This appeal is arising out of the interlocutory order passed in A.No.1108 of 2020 in C.S.No.721 of 2019 dated 03.12.2020. Now the main suit in C.S.No.721 of 2019 itself has been dismissed as settled out of Court vide judge dated 18.11.2021 at the instance of the learned counsel for the appellant. Hence nothing survives in this appeal for further adjudication.

3 Therefore recording the said memo dated 02.04.2024 and in view of the judgment dated 18.11.2021 in C.S.No.721 of 2019, this appeal shall stand dismissed

as infructuous. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition is also closed. No costs.

[PVJ] [KGTJ] 19.06.2026

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P.VELMURUGAN. J. and

K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI, J.

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O.S.A.No.148 of 2021 and C.M.P.No.6625 of 2021

19.06.2026

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