Shanmugam vs Indhuerani Advocate - Thiru R.Jegadeesan — 3/2020

Case under Code of Civil Procedure Section 25(A). Disposed: Contested--Dismissed on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed

OS - Original Suit

CNR: TNTS110014972019

Filing Number

184/2019

Filing Date

18-Nov-2019

Registration No

3/2020

Registration Date

23-Jan-2020

Court

District Munsif Court, Shengottah

Judge

1-District Munsif

Decision Date

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Dismissed

Last updated 20-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Civil Procedure Section 25(A)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Shanmugam

    Adv. Tr.K.Sailapathy Sivagyanam

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Indhuerani Advocate - Thiru R.Jegadeesan

  2. 2.Mariammal

    Adv. Thiru R. Jegadeesan

  3. 3.Appakkutti

    Adv. Thiru R. Jegadeesan

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Case Summary: Shanmugam v. Indhurani (O.S. No. 3/2020) Court Decision: The District Munsif Court dismissed Shanmugam's suit seeking declaration of title and recovery of possession of a government-assigned property. The court found that defendants have been in continuous possession since 1998, the plaintiff failed to prove prior possession or dispossession within limitation period, and the suit was barred by res judicata and Order II Rule 2 CPC principles. Key Reasoning: Despite the plaintiff holding a 2011 sale deed, the court applied the preponderance of probabilities standard and found the defendants' version more credible. The plaintiff's failure to establish prior possession, contradictions in his evidence, and omission to seek recovery of possession in an earlier dismissed suit (O.S. No. 49/2013) were fatal defects. Section 27 of the Limitation Act operates to extinguish the plaintiff's title after twelve years of adverse possession. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 15-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    District Munsif

  4. 09-Apr-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  5. 06-Apr-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  6. 30-Mar-2026

    Enquiry

    District Munsif

  7. 23-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  8. 18-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  9. 11-Mar-2026

    Enquiry

    District Munsif

  10. 10-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  11. 27-Feb-2026

    Judgement

    District Munsif

  12. 25-Feb-2026

    Arguments

    District Munsif

  13. 19-Feb-2026

    Arguments

    District Munsif

  14. 18-Feb-2026

    Arguments

    District Munsif

  15. 17-Feb-2026

    Arguments

    District Munsif

  16. 16-Feb-2026

    Arguments

  17. 04-Feb-2026

    Arguments

  18. 07-Jan-2026

    Arguments

  19. 04-Dec-2025

    Evidence

  20. 06-Nov-2025

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

  21. 06-Nov-2025

    Evidence

  22. 30-Oct-2025

    Evidence

  23. 09-Oct-2025

    Evidence

  24. 18-Sep-2025

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

  25. 18-Sep-2025

    Evidence

  26. 04-Sep-2025

    Evidence

  27. 13-Aug-2025

    Evidence

  28. 17-Jul-2025

    Evidence

  29. 03-Jul-2025

    Evidence

  30. 18-Jun-2025

    Evidence

  31. 17-Apr-2025

    Evidence

  32. 27-Mar-2025

    Evidence

  33. 27-Feb-2025

    Evidence

  34. 12-Feb-2025

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

  35. 12-Feb-2025

    Evidence

  36. 09-Jan-2025

    Evidence

  37. 04-Dec-2024

    Trial

  38. 17-Oct-2024

    Appearance

  39. 24-Jul-2024

    Issues

  40. 05-Jun-2024

    Issues

  41. 13-Mar-2024

    Issues

  42. 11-Jan-2024

    Issues

  43. 22-Nov-2023

    Issues

  44. 13-Sep-2023

    Issues

  45. 03-Aug-2023

    Issues

  46. 21-Jun-2023

    Issues

  47. 06-Apr-2023

    Issues

  48. 06-Mar-2023

    Issues

  49. 04-Jan-2023

    Issues

  50. 23-Nov-2022

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  51. 29-Sep-2022

    Issues

  52. 27-Jul-2022

    Issues

  53. 23-Jun-2022

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  54. 24-Mar-2022

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  55. 24-Feb-2022

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  56. 19-Jan-2022

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  57. 02-Dec-2021

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  58. 20-Oct-2021

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  59. 15-Sep-2021

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  60. 18-Aug-2021

    Issues

  61. 22-Jul-2021

    Issues

  62. 17-Jun-2021

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  63. 22-Apr-2021

    Issues

  64. 04-Mar-2021

    Issues

  65. 17-Feb-2021

    Written Statement

  66. 06-Jan-2021

    Written Statement

  67. 18-Nov-2020

    Written Statement

  68. 24-Sep-2020

    Written Statement

  69. 05-Aug-2020

    Written Statement

  70. 25-Jun-2020

    Written Statement

  71. 05-May-2020

    Written Statement

  72. 16-Apr-2020

    Written Statement

  73. 26-Feb-2020

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  74. 18-Nov-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 3/2020

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Shanmugam v. Indhurani (O.S. No. 3/2020) Court Decision: The District Munsif Court dismissed Shanmugam's suit seeking declaration of title and recovery of possession of a government-assigned property. The court found that defendants have been in continuous possession since 1998, the plaintiff failed to prove prior possession or dispossession within limitation period, and the suit was barred by res judicata and Order II Rule 2 CPC principles. Key Reasoning: Despite the plaintiff holding a 2011 sale deed, the court applied the preponderance of probabilities standard and found the defendants' version more credible. The plaintiff's failure to establish prior possession, contradictions in his evidence, and omission to seek recovery of possession in an earlier dismissed suit (O.S. No. 49/2013) were fatal defects. Section 27 of the Limitation Act operates to extinguish the plaintiff's title after twelve years of adverse possession. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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