{"id":225996,"date":"2009-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chotty-vs-karthiayani-on-14-october-2009"},"modified":"2016-11-25T01:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T20:07:18","slug":"chotty-vs-karthiayani-on-14-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chotty-vs-karthiayani-on-14-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Chotty vs Karthiayani on 14 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chotty vs Karthiayani on 14 October, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nSA.No. 41 of 2000(E)\n\n\n\n1. CHOTTY\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. KARTHIAYANI\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.P.JACOB\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.TPM.IBRAHIM KHAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.BHAVADASAN\n\n Dated :14\/10\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                               P. BHAVADASAN, J.\n                   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                               S.A. No. 41 of 2000\n                   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                 Dated this the 14th day of October, 2009.\n\n                                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>            The defendant in                  O.S. 591 of 1991 before the<\/p>\n<p>Munsiff&#8217;s court Muvattupuzha is the appellant. The parties and<\/p>\n<p>facts are hereinafter referred to as they were available before<\/p>\n<p>the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>            2. The facts are not in dispute. The suit was one<\/p>\n<p>for partition. The property belong to the father of the plaintiff<\/p>\n<p>and defendant, namely, Cherian. Cherian died on 9.9.1991.<\/p>\n<p>According to the plaintiff, he died intestate.                            Parties are<\/p>\n<p>governed by the Hindu Succession Act. The plaintiff and the<\/p>\n<p>defendant are the only legal heirs left behind by late Cherian<\/p>\n<p>and the plaintiff is entitled to one half of the suit property.<\/p>\n<p>            3.  The defendant put up a contention that late<\/p>\n<p>Cherian had executed a will and as per the will the entire<\/p>\n<p>property devolved on him.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">S.A. 41\/2000.                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>             4.  Before the court below, the parties adduced<\/p>\n<p>evidence. The questions that arose for consideration was whether<\/p>\n<p>the will set up by the defendant had been proved. He was unable<\/p>\n<p>to produce the document, because according to him it was not with<\/p>\n<p>him. He claims that he was unable to locate the will inspite of his<\/p>\n<p>best efforts and he examined D.W.2 in order to prove the execution<\/p>\n<p>of the will. The trial court refused to accept the contention put<\/p>\n<p>forward by the defendant and decreed the suit passing a<\/p>\n<p>preliminary decree for partition.\n<\/p>\n<p>             5. The defendant assailed the decree before the lower<\/p>\n<p>appellate court in A.S.16 of 1994. Before the said court, he had<\/p>\n<p>produced the will on which he placed reliance before the trial<\/p>\n<p>court. He prayed that the question regarding the genuineness of<\/p>\n<p>the will may be considered. The lower appellate court noticed that<\/p>\n<p>the will had been produced belatedly, and refused to go into that<\/p>\n<p>question and confirmed the decree passed by the trial court. It is<\/p>\n<p>the said decree that is assailed in this second appeal.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">S.A. 41\/2000.                      3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>             6. The substantial questions of law formulated in this<\/p>\n<p>second appeal are as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>      &#8220;(i) Is the first appellate court justified in disposing of<\/p>\n<p>      the first appeal without considering and pass orders on<\/p>\n<p>      the interlocutory application filed in A.S.16\/94 to<\/p>\n<p>      accept additional evidence ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (ii)    Whether the question relates to substance,<\/p>\n<p>      procedure and evidence has been wrongly decided by<\/p>\n<p>      the lower court is permissible in law as is mentioned in<\/p>\n<p>      Order 41 R 27 ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (iii) Whether the non-consideration of the additional<\/p>\n<p>      evidence    by    the  lower    appellate    court  would<\/p>\n<p>      substantially affect the right of the parties ?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (iv) Whether the court below bound to consider the<\/p>\n<p>      evidentiary value of the additional evidence produced<\/p>\n<p>      which is capable to alter the very basis of the<\/p>\n<p>      contentions raised in the suit touching the relevant<\/p>\n<p>      issue in the suit ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (v) Whether the rejection of additional evidence by the<\/p>\n<p>      lower court is essentially an erroneous approach to the<\/p>\n<p>      relevant facts in issue and if so justifiable ?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (vi)   Whether the lower appellate court justified in<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">S.A. 41\/2000.                       4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      confirming the finding of the trial court &#8220;that the<\/p>\n<p>      deceased has not executed a Will in favour of the<\/p>\n<p>      defendant&#8221; when the original Will itself is produced<\/p>\n<p>      for consideration though belated with petition to accept<\/p>\n<p>      the same ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      (vii) Whether the court below bound to declare the<\/p>\n<p>      rights of the parties in case the additional document<\/p>\n<p>      will substantially affect the right of parties in order to<\/p>\n<p>      render justice ?&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             7. The limited issue arises for consideration is whether<\/p>\n<p>the court below was justified in declining to grant an opportunity<\/p>\n<p>to the defendant to      prove the Will produced by him at the<\/p>\n<p>appellate stage.    The appellant had filed the application under<\/p>\n<p>Order 41 Rule 27 of the Code of Civil Procedure to receive the<\/p>\n<p>Will located by him after considerable effort and consider that<\/p>\n<p>document while disposing of the appeal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             8. It appears that there was no justification for the court<\/p>\n<p>below to decline the prayer made by the defendant. Even assuming<\/p>\n<p>that the court below was disinclined to remand the matter, there is<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">S.A. 41\/2000.                      5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>nothing prevented the court below from directing the parties to<\/p>\n<p>adduce evidence before the said court with regard to the Will. It is<\/p>\n<p>not as if the defendant had set up the Will for the first time before<\/p>\n<p>the appellate court. He had pointed out even before the trial court<\/p>\n<p>that late Cherian had executed a Will. He was unable to locate the<\/p>\n<p>same. May be that, after locating the Will he had to produced the<\/p>\n<p>Will along with the Appeal Memorandum before the appellate<\/p>\n<p>court itself. But the mere fact that he produced it later by itself is<\/p>\n<p>not a ground to decline without considering the genuineness of the<\/p>\n<p>will. It is felt that in the facts and circumstances of the case an<\/p>\n<p>opportunity ought to have been given to the defendant to establish<\/p>\n<p>his claim based on the Will.\n<\/p>\n<p>             In the result, this appeal is allowed, the judgment and<\/p>\n<p>decree of the court below are set aside and the matter is remanded<\/p>\n<p>to the trial court for fresh consideration in the light of what has<\/p>\n<p>been stated above. The parties shall appear before the court below<\/p>\n<p>on 12.11.2009. The court below will make every endeavour to<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">S.A. 41\/2000.                     6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>dispose of the suit as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within<\/p>\n<p>four months from the date of appearance of the parties. Office will<\/p>\n<p>transmit the records to the court below forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>                                              P. BHAVADASAN,<br \/>\n                                                   JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>sb.\n<\/p>\n<p>S.A. 41\/2000.    7<\/p>\n<p>                                P. BHAVADASAN, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                    &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>                                 S.A. No. 41 of 2000\n<\/p>\n<p>                    &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                        JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>                                        14.10.2009<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Chotty vs Karthiayani on 14 October, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM SA.No. 41 of 2000(E) 1. CHOTTY &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. KARTHIAYANI &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.P.P.JACOB For Respondent :SRI.TPM.IBRAHIM KHAN The Hon&#8217;ble MR. Justice P.BHAVADASAN Dated :14\/10\/2009 O R D E R P. 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