Madras High Court
CRP/6418/2026 of M. Karunakaran Vs Bharathi on 7 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 07-10-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
Civil Revision Petition No.6418 of 2026
& CMP.No.27613 of 2026
CNR:{HCMA012243292026}
1. M.Karunakaran
S/o.Madhiyazhagan,
Residing at Main Road Street,
Dharmasamuthiram Village,
Udayarpalayam Taluk,
Ariyalur District.
2. Kalaiselvi
W/o.Madhiyazhagan,
Residing at Main Road Street,
Dharmasamuthiram Village,
Udayarpalayam Taluk,
Ariyalur District.
...Petitioners
Vs
1. Bharathi
S/o.Dakshinamurthy,
Residing at Main Road Street,
Dharmasamuthiram Village,
Udayarpalayam Taluk,
Ariyalur District.
2. Dakshinamurthy
S/o.Maharajan,
Residing at Main Road Street,
Dharmasamuthiram Village,
Udayarpalayam Taluk,
Ariyalur District.
3. Thangasamy
S/o.Maharajan,
Residing at Main Road Street,
Dharmasamuthiram Village,
Udayarpalayam Taluk,
Ariyalur District.
4. The Manager, Equitas Finance,
Chidambaram Road,
Jayankondam.
5. The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. by the District Collector,
District Collectorate, Ariyalur.
6. The Revenue Divisional Officer
Revenue Divisonal Office,
Udayarpalayam.
7. The Revenue Tahsildar
Taluk Office, Jayankondam.
...Respondents
PETITION under Article 227 of The Constitution of India against the fair and decretal order dated 29.7.2026 passed in I.A.
No.7 of 2026 in O.S.No.125 of 2020 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Jayankondam, Ariyalur District.
For Petitioners:
Mr.K.S.Saravanan for
Mr.K.P.P.Raja Raja Chozhan
For Respondents:
Mrs.S.Yogalakshmi, AGP
for R5 to R7
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ORDER
This civil revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of The Constitution of India against the order dated 29.7.2026 passed in I.A.No.7 of 2026 in O.S.No.125 of 2020 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Jayankondam, Ariyalur District (for short, the Court below) wherein application filed by respondents 1 to 3/ plaintiffs under Order VII Rule 14 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) to condone the delay in filing a document, which is a release deed and to accept the same, came to be allowed.
2. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners.
3. This Court has carefully considered the submissions of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and perused the materials available on record and more particularly the impugned order.
4. Respondents 1 to 3, who are the plaintiffs, filed the said suit seeking for the relief of declaration to title, possession and for other consequential reliefs. When the said suit was at the stage of examination of witnesses on the side of the defendants, respondents 1 to 3/plaintiffs filed the said application seeking for letting in a release deed as an additional document. The said application was opposed by the petitioners/defendants 1 and 2 on the ground that the release deed dated 05.8.2010 was an unregistered document and that the same was not admissible in evidence.
5. While allowing the said application, the Court below found that the genuineness, admissibility and evidentiary value of the said document would be decided during the course of trial. Aggrieved by that, the above civil revision petition has been filed before this Court.
6. In the considered view of this Court, the Court below permitted respondents 1 to 3/plaintiffs to file the release deed as an additional document. That does not mean that the said document could be automatically marked in evidence.
7. The petitioners/defendants 1 and 2 took a very specific stand that the release deed was compulsorily registerable under Section 17 of the Registration Act and that the same was inadmissible in evidence.
8. This ground will be taken into consideration by the Court below as and when respondents 1 to 3/plaintiffs attempt to mark the said document and the Court below will render a finding. This observation will sufficiently take care of the grievance expressed by the petitioners.
9. The above civil revision petition is accordingly disposed of and the impugned order dated 29.7.2026 passed in I.A.No.7 of 2026 in O.S.No.125 of 2020 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Jayankondam, Ariyalur District stands confirmed. No costs. Consequently, the connected CMP is closed. 07-10-2026 To The Principal District Munsif Court, Jayankondam, Ariyalur District
N.ANAND VENKATESH,J RS CRP.No.6418 of 2026& CMP.No.27613 of 2026 07-10-2026