Supreme Court of India · 2002-10-30
Chellamma Ambika vs K.M. Kanikari
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2002 SC 383
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Chellamma Ambika
- Respondent
- K.M. Kanikari
- Bench
- V.N. Khare, Arun Kumar
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves a dispute over property ownership and the subsequent application for restitution of possession. Following a series of litigations regarding the legal heirship of Kochan Kani, the Supreme Court eventually declared Kunjuraman Kani as the rightful legal heir. The central legal issue concerns the right to restitution of possession after a lower court's decree was set aside by the Supreme Court.