Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 12.01.2026 CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 and CMP(MD)No.352 of 2026 1. Karur District Sagaja Nalvazhvu Sangam, 'A' Registered Society, represented by its President, Anoor Village, Thumbivadi, Karur District. 2. Shri Ramachandra Mission, Thumbivadai Post, Aravakuruchi Taluk, Karur District Represented by its Working Committee Member, Thiru.Govindha Iyengar, having Head Quarters at Babuji Memorial Ashram, SRCM Road, Manapkkam, Chennai 600 125. ... Petitioners Vs 1. The Idol of Arulmigu Anooramman, Thumbivadi Village, Karur District. 2. The Idol of Arulmighu Jayankondamman, Sengalapuram, Hamlet of Thumbivadi Village, Karur District. 3. J. Ganesh 4. S.M. Muneeshwaran 5. R. Thilagavathi 6. T.P.K. Prasad 1/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 7. R. Hemalatha 8. A. Jesudass Gnanakiristy 9. J. Jegadheesan 10. V. Latha 11. P. Sumathi 12. M. Alli 13. R. Eswari 14. S. Jeeva 15. T. Balan 16. E. Abbas 17. S. Chandrika 18. K.G. Ravindran 19. M. Ramesh 20. M. Prasanna 21. R. Arthi 22. R. Balasubramaniam 23. K.G.Karthikeyan 24. T. Vijayalakshmi 25.C. Ganeshkumar 26. S.R. Udhayakumar 27. V. Jeyakanth 28. G. Uma Maheswari 29. A. Angamuthu 30. A. Arul Selvam 31. V. Amsaveni 32.R. Sornam 33. A. Raju 34. G. Balamurugan 35. T. Sengottuvalan 36. M. Panneerselvam 37. K. Saravanan 38. P. Saravanan 39. T. Gnanasekaran 40. B. Bhuvaneshwari 41. C. Natarajan 42. S.R. Suresh 43. P. Kanagaraj 44. Uma Maheshwari 45. G. Padmini 46. N. Dhanabal 2/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 47. S. Vijayalakshmi 48. Kirija 49. Dr. D. Thilagavathi 50. T. Harikrishnan 51. P. Thangavelrajan 52. D. Sathya Prakash 53. N. Subbulakshmi 54. M. Thiyagarajan 55. S. Vasuki 56. M. Amirthavalli 57. Rathinambal 58. P. Gopalakrishnamurthy 59. N. Muthukumaran 60. J. Thilagam 61. A. Shanthi 62. M. Loganathan 63. K. Kandasamy 64. R. Sivam 65. M. Nagarathinam 66. V. Sujatha 67. R. Tharakeshwari 68. Eswari Radhakrishnan 69. S. Murugaesan 70. A. Ramamurthy 71. Geetha 72. G. Suganthi 73. A. Nallalagan 74. S. Shanmugasundaram 75. R. Balasubramani 76. J. Parvatham 77. C. Subramaniam 78. Shanthi 79. P. Suganya 80. S. Kavithamani 81. L. Senthilvelan 82. M. Sonaimuthu 83. B. Savithiri 84. B. Velmurugan 85. S. Ganeshkumar 86. K.K. Padmanabhan 3/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 87. P.Vasumathi 88. S. Chitra 89. J. Sumeshkumar 90. R.S. Ramchandar 91. A.J. Baskar 92. Kalpana 93. R. Kaleeswari 94. V. Kamaraj 95. R.T. Venkatachalam 96. R. Sridhar 97. Shanthi Sivakumar 98. J. Uma Maheshwari 99. Kanaraj 100. Subramani 101. Suvarakavi 102. Shanmugasundaram 103. Muthuvijayan 104. Srisankari 105. Sarath Bharathi 106. Chitra 107. Sri Ram 108. Sudharsan 109. Prasanna Parthasarathi Respondent(s) For Appellant(s): A.N.Ramanathan Prayer: Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed under Section 24 of Civil Procedure Code to pass an order in O.S.No. 118 of 2018 the file of the Learned District Court, Karur and transfer the same to the any other District Court and thus render justice. ORDER The transfer civil miscellaneous petition invoking Section 24 of CPC for withdrawing the suit in O.S.No.118 of 2018 on the file of the District Court, Karur and transfer the same to the any other District Court . 4/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 2. The petition for transfer is premised on the basis that the Presiding Officer has expressed his opinion on the subject matter and during the course of trial, he has been constantly interjecting and putting leading questions, which, according to the petitioners, lends them to believe that the trial may not be fair. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the atmosphere during the hearing of the suit is hostile, intimidating and depriving the petitioners of fair and impartial trial. 4. He further submits that petitioners only requires the Presiding Officer to give him a fair and reasonable opportunity to cross-examine the defence witnesses and not to record the deposition of witnesses improperly. 5. This Court does not propose to get into the merits of the allegations. However, the request of petitioners appears to be reasonable. 6. In view thereof, the transfer petition is disposed of with a direction to the learned District Judge, Karur to afford a reasonable opportunity to the petitioners to cross-examine the defence witnesses, ensure that the depositions 5/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 are recorded fairly and transparently and decide the matter independent and in an unbiased manner. Since no adverse orders are to be passed against the respondents, notice to them are dispensed with. 7. With these observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. 12-01-2026 Index :yes/No Internet:yes/No rgm 6/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 To 1. The District Court, Karur 2.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 7/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ ,J. rgm Tr.CMP.(MD)No.19 of 2026 and CMP(MD)No.352 of 2026 12.01.2026 8/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis