Chennai Court September 1979 Judgments

Sourasamy Imacule Josephine Vs. Maria Joseph Rock Represented by Power ...

Court: Chennai

Reported in: (1980)1MLJ255

S. Natarajan, J.1. This appeal has been preferred by the plaintiff against the reversing judgment of the Second Additional District Judge of Pondicherry in A.S. No. 29 of 1975 on the file of this Court.2. The suit instituted by the plaintiff is of a somewhat unusual character. The plaintiff, who is a spinster, and the third defendant are sisters. The second defendant is the husband of the third defendant and the first defendant is the son of defendants 2 and 3. The parties are citizens of Pondicherry and are Christians by religion. Hindus as well as Christians who are natives of Pondicherry were, as per the laws governing Pondicherry before its merger with the Union of India, governed by customary Hindu Law in the matter of adoptions, with the difference that in the case of Hindus, religious ceremonies had to be gone through but in the case of Christians, such ceremonies were not necessary. By an arrete dated 29th December, 1855, the Pondicherry Government had prescribed that adoptions...