(1.) THIS civil miscellaneous appeal has been filed against the grant of probate by the District Court, Kanyakumari in O.P.No.82 of 1989 filed by the first respondent herein.
(2.) A preliminary objection was raised as regards the maintainability of the civil miscellaneous appeal. The learned counsel referred to a number of decisions in support of his contention that only a civil miscellaneous appeal would lie and they are:
(3.) THIS was overruled by the Bench in the case of Philo Peter and another v. Divyanathan and others Philo Peter and another v. Divyanathan and others Philo Peter and another v. Divyanathan and others A.I.R. 1989 Mad. 111. The Bench ultimately held with regard to the decision in the case of Flarence Chelliah v. Soundararaj Peter and others Flarence Chelliah v. Soundararaj Peter and others Flarence Chelliah v. Soundararaj Peter and others (1966)2 MLJ. 33 as follows: