J.Preethi v. Lakshmi

ORDER This Civil Revision Petition has been filed challenging the order passed by the Trial Court, dismissing the application filed by the petitioner seeking her impleadment in the suit as party/defendant.

¶2The respondents 1 to 5 herein/ plaintiffs filed a suit for partition against other respondents. The petitioner herein, claiming herself as a daughter of one V.Baskaran, who was arrayed as 28th defendant in the suit, filed the instant application seeking her impleadment in the suit as a party/defendant. The Trial Court by impugned order, dismissed the above said application on the ground that the petitioner failed to establish that she is a daughter of 28th defendant. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner has come before this court.

¶3The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is the daughter of 28th defendant, namely V.Baskaran, who is entitled to 1/30 share in the suit property. He would further submit that there was a misunderstanding between the petitioner and her father 28th defendant V.Baskaran, who deserted the petitioner and her mother and therefore, the petitioner shall be impleaded in the suit as a party defendant.

¶4It is seen from the typed set of papers that the impleading application was opposed by the respondents on the ground that the petitioner is not the Page7 of 10 daughter of V.Baskaran. Though the petitioner filed her Adhar card, Transfer Certificate, Pan Card, Mark sheets, etc., in support of her claim, in all these documents, the name of her father is mentioned as V.Janakiraman, however, the petitioner claims that she is daughter of V.Baskaran, who was arrayed as 28th defendant in the suit. It is the case of the petitioner that V.Baskaran, who was arrayed as 28th defendant and the father of the petitioner V.Janakiraman are one and the same person and to establish the same, she relies on a bail order passed in Crl.O.P.No.4557 of 2007 dated 21.02.2007, wherein, the first petitioner's name is mentioned as V.Baskaran @ V.janakiraman. The Trial Court rejected the petitioner's claim on the ground that merely based on bail order, one cannot come to the definite conclusion that V.Baskaran also known as V.Janakiraman. There is a serious dispute among the parties with regard to the legal status of the petitioner, whether she is daughter of V.Baskaran or not. Further, in the affidavit filed in support of the impleading application, the petitioner has not stated that there was a misunderstanding between her and her alleged father V.Baskaran and he is acting against her interest. In the absence of pleadings that the alleged father of the petitioner is acting against her interest, impleadment of the petitioner as a party defendant in the suit is not required. It is also seen that the suit for partition was of the year 2014 and the trial has come to the fag end and now DW7 is in the witness box. In such circumstances, the Trial Court rightly dismissed the application fled by the petitioner and I do not find any irregularity or illegality in the said order. Page8 of 10

¶5Accordingly, this civil revision petition is dismissed. The dismissal of the civil revision petition will not come in the way of the petitioner exploring other remedies available under law. There shall be no order as to costs. Connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 24-02-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order MST To The I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tiruvallur. Page9 of 10

S.SOUNTHAR, J. MST 24-02-2026 Page10 of 10

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 24-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S. SOUNTHAR CRP No. 904 of 2026 and CMP No.4862 of 2026 J.Preethi D/o. V. Baskaran @ V. Janaskiraman, No.70, Krishna Street, Devadas Nagar, Poonamallee, Chennai 56 ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. Lakshmi W/o. Late N. Venkatesan Aranvoyal Village and Post 2. V. Rani, W/o. Govindaswamy Velanthangal Kandigai village Ippedu Post, Arakkonam Taluk Via Sholingur, Vellore District 631 102. 3. V. Latha, W/o. Pandurangan No.67, Mettu Street Goodalur Village and Post Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District- 632 510. 4. V. Ragini, w/o. R. Suriya No.3-6-175, Katikarangadi street Near Chintakayala street Tirupathi and post Andra Pradesh 517 501. 5. V. Suseela, W/o. M. Sudhakar No.42, Market street Sholingur, Vellore District 631 502. D.Loganathan (Died), Page1 of 10 6. D. Baskaran S/o. Late. Duraisamy No.17, way to Anna Nagar Salai Manavalanagar Thiruvallur 602 002. 7. R. Chenchu Lakshmi W/o. Rajendran Old.No.1/14, New No.1/15 Vinayagar Koil Street Orathur village Pagasalai Post 631 210. 8. R. Gayathri W/o. S.Rajesh No.5/6, Anna Avenue Arumbakkam Chennai 600 106. 9. D. Prabhavathy S/o.Late N.Duraisamy No.17, way to Anna Nagar Salai, Manavalanagar, Thiruvallur 602 002. 10.N. Santhanam S/o. Late. C.Narasimmalu, Aranvoyal village and Post, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025. 11.S. Vijaya W/o. N.Santhanam, Aranvoyal village and Post Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025. 12.S. Amulu D/o. N.Santhanam, W/o. L.Sudhakar, Vandi Kavanur Village, Thennakarani Madura, Choolaimedu Post, Uthukottai, Taluk, Thiruvallur District. Page2 of 10 13.S. Rathina D/o. N.Santhanam, Aranvoyal village and Post, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025 14.S. Revathy D/o. N.Santhanam, Aranvoyal village and Post, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025. 15.S. Bharathi D/o. N.Santhanam, Aranvoyal village and Post, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025. 16.S. Narasimman D/o. N.Santhanam, Aranvoyal village and Post, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 602 025. 17.N. Chelli Babu S/o. Late C.Narasimmalu Naidu, No.3, Asai Thambi Street, Manavalanagar, 18.C. Renuka W/o. N.Chelli Babu, No.3, Asai Thambi Street, Manavalanagar, 19.N.C. Vijaya Raghavan S/o. N.Chelli Babu, No.67, P.H.Road, Manavala Nagar, Thiruvallur Taluk and District 20.N.C. Hemachandran S/o. N.Chelli Babu, No.3, Asai Thambi Street, Manavalanagar, Page3 of 10 21.N.C. Vignesh Kumar S/o. N.Chelli Babu, No.3, Asai Thambi Street, Manavalanagar, 22.S. Hema Malathi W/o. Senthil Kumar, No.1/35, Wallajabad Road, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048. 23.R. Devika W/o.Senthil Kumar, No.168A, T.N.H.B. Colony, Velachery, Chennai 600 042. 24.S. Kokila W/o.Parthasarathy, No.118, Gandhi Salai, T.R.Pattanam 609 606. 25.S . Bhavani D/o. N.Chelli Babu, No. 2/26, Vinayagar koil Street, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048. 26.N. Govindan S/o.Late.S.Narasimmalu Naidu, No.1, Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, 27.V. Renuka, W/o. N.Govindan, No.1, Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, 28.G. Mohana priya D/o. N.Govindan, No.1 Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, Page4 of 10 29.G. Sathya Priya D/o. N.Govindan, No.1, Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, 30.G. Gomathi @ Divya Priya D/o.N.Govindan, No.1, Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, 31.Mionr G. Sindhuja @ Shalini D/o. N.Govindan, No.1, Thiruppoor Kumaran Street, Manavala Nagar, ( Represented by next friend / natural guardian mother Tmt. Renuka, the 28th Respondent) 32.V. Baskaran S/o. Late N.Venkatesan, Aranvoyal village and Post, 33.M. Baskaran S/o. K. Muthu Krishnan, No.88, K.G.P Nagar, Gopura Sanallur, Kattupakkam, Poonamallee. 34.J. Vijayaraj Kothari Old No.28, New 2, Sengunthar street, 1st Main Road, Shenoy Nagar East, Chennai 600 030. 35.Sandeep Kankriya @ Sandeep Kumar S/o. Late Kanakmal Jain, Old No.2, New No.11, 4th Cross Street, Shenoy Nagar East, Chennai 600 030 Page5 of 10 36.Narendra Kumar Jain S/o. Late. Sukraj Jain, No.4, New No.17, Lawyer Chinna Thambi Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai 600 079.