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A NO. 709 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 24-02-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU A Nos. 709, 710, 216 & 217 of 2025 in O.P.Nos.418 & 419 of 2025 S.Bhama W/o. T.V.Sankaran, Door No.2/21, Jayagraham Apartment, 12th Cross Street, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600 020. Applicant(s) Vs No Respondent nil Respondent(s) For Applicant(s): M/s. Sarvabhauman Associates Samjayaraj Houston For Respondent(s): ORDER When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the original passport of the deceased are now available with the petitioner and that he may be permitted to mark the said original passport to substantiate the relationship between the deceased in the respective petitions. He would also further submit that the original certified death certificates of the respective deceased are also available. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
2. With respect to the list document No.2 in Application Nos.216 & 217 of 2015, he would submit that the same is only a Xerox copy of the marriage certificate between the respective deceased in the respective O.P and their marital status is explicit in the passport that is sought to be marked as document in the O.P. and therefore, the petitioner maybe permitted to file xerox copy of the document.
3. Considering the fact that the petitioner has now the original copies of the list-I mentioned document in A.Nos.216 & 217 of 2015 and also the passports in A.Nos.709 & 710 in original that can be permitted to mark the said document.
4. As rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the xerox copy of the marriage certificate can be marked as an secondary evidence, since the marital status of the respective deceased is also explicit in the passports that is sought to be filed.
5. The third document listed in A.Nos.709 & 710 is an e-mail communication that had been received by the petitioner.
6. In such view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to mark the original passports of the respective deceased, death certificate of the respective deceased, copy of the email https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
communication received by the petitioner and the xerox copy of the marriage certificate of the deceased in the respective O.Ps. With the above said directions these applications are disposed of. 24-02-2025 Gba https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis