K Sadasivan Pillai vs Manjusha Advocate - M G Jeevan — 100030/2021

Case under Code of Civil Procedure Section 96. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 22nd May 2026.

Case disposed

AS - CIVIL APPEAL

CNR: KLKT010007572021

Filing Number

294/2021

Filing Date

03-Apr-2021

Registration No

100030/2021

Registration Date

03-Apr-2021

Court

Principal District & Sessions Court / Rent Control Appellate Authority, Kottayam

Judge

1-Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kottayam

Decision Date

22-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 10-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Civil Procedure Section 96

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.K Sadasivan Pillai

    Adv. B Premnath

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Manjusha Advocate - M G Jeevan

  2. 2.Somasekharan Pillai

    Adv. JOJO THOMAS,Sachin Sebastian

  3. 3.Malini

    Adv. K Sainool Abdeen

  4. 4.Sunilakumari

    Adv. G Jayasankar

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 22-May-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    Summary of Case 100030/2021 Court: Principal District Judge, Kottayam Date: 22 May 2026 Parties: K. Sadasivan Pillai (Appellant) vs. Manjusha & Others (Respondents) Decision The court dismissed the appellant's appeal and allowed the cross-appeal filed by the fourth defendant (Sunilakumari). The case involved a partition suit concerning properties of the Thevalakkattu Tharavadu, a Marumakkathayam family governed by Travancore Nair Act. The core issue was whether properties allotted to a group in the 1948 partition (Ext.A1) retained thavazhi (joint family) character or constituted separate individual shares. Key Holding: The trial court correctly determined that the C-schedule properties were allotted to a natural thavazhi group consisting of Kuttiamma and her lineal descendants through the female line. Despite per capita division in the partition deed, the property retained thavazhi characteristics. The plaintiff, born 17 February 1976 (before the Joint Hindu Family Abolition Act came into force on 1 December 1976), acquired birth rights in the thavazhi property. Modification: The court reversed the trial court's failure to allot shares to the fourth defendant (Sunilakumari), the only surviving descendant of Krishna Pillai. The matter was remanded to the trial court to calculate and allot her proportionate fractional share within three months. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 22-May-2026

    Disposed

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  4. 20-May-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  5. 30-Apr-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  6. 24-Apr-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  7. 06-Apr-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  8. 31-Mar-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  9. 24-Mar-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  10. 19-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

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  11. 16-Mar-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  12. 10-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

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  13. 07-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

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  14. 27-Feb-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  15. 09-Feb-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  16. 09-Jan-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  17. 19-Dec-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  18. 05-Dec-2025

    For Hearing

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  19. 15-Nov-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  20. 01-Nov-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  21. 25-Oct-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  22. 16-Oct-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  23. 10-Oct-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  24. 30-Sep-2025

    Adjourned

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  25. 20-Sep-2025

    Order/Judgement

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  26. 21-Aug-2025

    Order/Judgement

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  27. 31-Jul-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  28. 07-Jul-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  29. 25-Jun-2025

    For Hearing

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  30. 11-Jun-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  31. 24-May-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  32. 09-Apr-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  33. 04-Apr-2025

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  34. 25-Mar-2025

    For Further Hearing

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  35. 14-Mar-2025

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  36. 06-Mar-2025

    For Hearing

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  37. 20-Feb-2025

    For Hearing

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  38. 28-Jan-2025

    For Hearing

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  39. 20-Dec-2024

    For Hearing

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  40. 22-Nov-2024

    Adjourned

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  41. 08-Nov-2024

    For Hearing

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  42. 06-Nov-2024

    Order/Judgement

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  43. 04-Nov-2024

    Order/Judgement

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  44. 29-Oct-2024

    For Hearing

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  45. 24-Oct-2024

    For Hearing

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  46. 17-Oct-2024

    Call On

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  47. 10-Oct-2024

    Call On

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  48. 03-Oct-2024

    For Further Hearing

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  49. 09-Sep-2024

    For Further Hearing

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  50. 29-Aug-2024

    For Further Hearing

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  51. 14-Aug-2024

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  52. 06-Aug-2024

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  53. 19-Jul-2024

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  54. 09-Jul-2024

    For Hearing

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  55. 21-Jun-2024

    For Hearing

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  56. 07-Jun-2024

    Call On

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  57. 21-May-2024

    For Hearing

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  58. 06-Apr-2024

    For Hearing

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  59. 18-Mar-2024

    For Hearing

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  60. 06-Mar-2024

    For Hearing

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  61. 02-Mar-2024

    Adjourned

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  62. 03-Feb-2024

    For Hearing

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  63. 20-Jan-2024

    For Further Hearing

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  64. 06-Jan-2024

    Adjourned

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  65. 02-Dec-2023

    For Further Hearing

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  66. 18-Nov-2023

    Call On

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  67. 07-Oct-2023

    For Hearing

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  68. 23-Sep-2023

    Call On

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  69. 21-Aug-2023

    Call On

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  70. 01-Jul-2023

    For Hearing

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  71. 04-Apr-2023

    For Hearing

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  72. 15-Feb-2023

    For Hearing

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  73. 09-Jan-2023

    For Hearing

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  74. 15-Nov-2022

    For Hearing

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  75. 29-Sep-2022

    For Hearing

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  76. 20-Aug-2022

    For Hearing

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  77. 02-Jun-2022

    For Hearing

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  78. 15-Mar-2022

    For Hearing

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  79. 27-Jan-2022

    For Hearing

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  80. 17-Dec-2021

    For Hearing

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  81. 19-Nov-2021

    Adjourned

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  82. 19-Nov-2021

    Adjourned

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  83. 16-Oct-2021

    Adjourned

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  84. 20-Sep-2021

    Adjourned

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  85. 10-Aug-2021

    Call On

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  86. 19-Jul-2021

    For Hearing

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  87. 24-Jun-2021

    For Hearing

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  88. 18-May-2021

    Adjourned

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  89. 08-Apr-2021

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  90. 03-Apr-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. 100030/2021

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of Case 100030/2021 Court: Principal District Judge, Kottayam Date: 22 May 2026 Parties: K. Sadasivan Pillai (Appellant) vs. Manjusha & Others (Respondents) Decision The court dismissed the appellant's appeal and allowed the cross-appeal filed by the fourth defendant (Sunilakumari). The case involved a partition suit concerning properties of the Thevalakkattu Tharavadu, a Marumakkathayam family governed by Travancore Nair Act. The core issue was whether properties allotted to a group in the 1948 partition (Ext.A1) retained thavazhi (joint family) character or constituted separate individual shares. Key Holding: The trial court correctly determined that the C-schedule properties were allotted to a natural thavazhi group consisting of Kuttiamma and her lineal descendants through the female line. Despite per capita division in the partition deed, the property retained thavazhi characteristics. The plaintiff, born 17 February 1976 (before the Joint Hindu Family Abolition Act came into force on 1 December 1976), acquired birth rights in the thavazhi property. Modification: The court reversed the trial court's failure to allot shares to the fourth defendant (Sunilakumari), the only surviving descendant of Krishna Pillai. The matter was remanded to the trial court to calculate and allot her proportionate fractional share within three months. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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