Peechiyath Hindumbi vs Peechiyath Saidumohammed Koya
2023 Latest Caselaw 2741 Ker

OP(C) NO. 522 OF 2023                1



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
                                PRESENT
                   THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS
    WEDNESDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH 2023 / 10TH PHALGUNA, 1944
                         OP(C) NO. 522 OF 2023
                  OS 8/2016 OF MUNSIFF COURT, ANDROTH
PETITIONER/S:

    1     PEECHIYATH HINDUMBI
          AGED 58 YEARS
          D/O PEECHIYATH BI KALPENI. LAKSHADWEEP 682557
          REPRESENTED BY POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER KUNNJIPOOVAKADA
          CHERIYA KOYA RESIDING AT KUNNJIPOOVAKADA HOUSE, KALPENI
          ISLAND LAKSHADWEEP 682557., PIN - 682557
    2     PEECHIYATH BAHIJABEEGUM
          AGED 56 YEARS
          D/O PEECHIYATH BI KALPENI. LAKSHADWEEP 682557
          REPRESENTED BY POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER PEECHIYATH
          MUHAMED SHERSHAD AGED 41 RESIDING AT PEECHIYATH HOUSE,
          KALPENI ISLAND LAKSHADWEEP, PIN - 682557
    3     PEECHIYATH MUHAMED SHERSHAD
          AGED 41 YEARS,
          D/O PEECHIYATH BI KALPENI. LAKSHADWEEP, PIN - 682557
    4     PEECHIYATH MOHAMMED AL AMEEN
          AGED 35 YEARS
          S/O PEECHIYATH HINDUMBI KALPENI. LAKSHADWEEP 682557
          REPRESENTED BY POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER KUNNJIPOOVAKADA
          CHERIYA KOYA AGED 65 RESIDING AT KUNNJIPOOVAKADA HOUSE,
          KALPENI ISLAND LAKSHADWEEP 682557, PIN - 682557
    5     PEECHIYATH ANZEENA HIND
          AGED 29 YEARS
          D/O PEECHIYATH HINDUMBI KALPENI. LAKSHADWEEP 682557
          REPRESENTED BY POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER KUNNJIPOOVAKADA
          CHERIYA KOYA AGED 65 RESIDING AT KUNNJIPOOVAKADA HOUSE,
          KALPENI ISLAND LAKSHADWEEP 682557, PIN - 682557
    6     MOHAMMED AMEER PEECHIYATH
          AGED 34 YEARS,S/O HINDUMBI PEECHIYATH KALPENI.
          LAKSHADWEEP 682557, PIN - 682557
          BY ADVS.
          SHYAM PADMAN
          C.M.ANDREWS
          BOBY M.SEKHAR
          LAYA MARY JOSEPH
          HARISH ABRAHAM
          ASHWATHI SHYAM
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RESPONDENT/S:

          PEECHIYATH SAIDUMOHAMMED KOYA
          S/O PEECHIYATH BANBATHIBI KALPENI LAKSHADWEEP 682557,
          PIN - 682557
     THIS OP (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.03.2023,
THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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                           JUDGMENT

The original petition is filed challenging Ext.P6 order

passed in I.A. No.10/2018 in O.S.No.8/2016 by the Court of

the Munsiff, Androth, Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

2. A reading of Ext.P6 order substantiates that the

court below has rejected the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11

of the Code of Civil Procedure (in short 'Code'). An order

rejecting a plaint is a decree falling within the purview of

Section 2(2) of the Code. Therefore, an order rejecting a

plaint is necessarily appealable under Section 96 of the

Code.

3. In view of the alternative statutory remedy

available to the petitioners, I am not inclined to entertain

this original petition under Article 227 of the Constitution

of India.

Resultantly, without prejudice to the right of the

petitioners to work out their remedies as stated above, this

original petition is dismissed.

Sd/-

C.S.DIAS, JUDGE

okb/1.3.23 //True copy// P.S. to Judge

APPENDIX OF OP(C) 522/2023

PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE AWARD OF THE LOK ADALATH IN A.C. NO.18/2015 DATED 02.12.2015 Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE PLAINT IN O.S. NO.8/2016 FILED BEFORE THE MUNSIFF COURT ANDROTH UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF I.A. NO.10/2018 IN O.S.

NO.8/2016 DATED 10.12.2018 FILED BY THE 1ST DEFENDANT TO REJECT THE PLAINT Exhibit P4 TRUE COPIES OF THE SEPARATE COUNTER AFFIDAVITS FILED BY THE PLAINTIFFS 1, 4 & 5 IN I.A. NO.10/2018 IN O.S. NO.8/2016 BEFORE THE MUNSIFF COURT ANDROTH UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP Exhibit P5 TRUE COPIES OF THE SEPARATE COUNTER AFFIDAVITS FILED BY THE PLAINTIFFS 2 & 3 IN I.A. NO.10/2018 IN O.S. NO.8/2016 BEFORE THE MUNSIFF COURT ANDROTH UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP Exhibit P6 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 24.11.2022 PASSED BY THE COURT OF MUNSIFF ANDROTH UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP IN I.A. NO.10/2018 IN O.S. NO.8/2016