Mohammed Faiys Mufeez Arfath vs Selladore Pathmanathan – SC/APPEAL/148/2023-2025

In the case between Mohammed Faiys Mufeez Arfath (plaintiff/appellant) and Mohammed Saleem Mohammed Siyam and Selladore Pathmanathan (defendants/respondents), the court addressed the validity of an ex parte District Court judgment awarding all relief claimed by the plaintiff, the scope of the High Court’s revisionary jurisdiction under section 839 of the Civil Procedure Code, and the permissibility of collateral challenges to partition decrees. It was held that the ex parte judgment issued by the District Court did not comply with the requirements of a formal judgment under the Civil Procedure Code. The court further determined that a final partition decree is generally immune from collateral challenge except in statutorily defined circumstances. Ultimately, the appeal was dismissed with c