Tamil film actor K. Cowndamani has won yet another legal battle before the Madras High Court in a property dispute that he and his family members had been having with Sri Abhirami Foundations since 1998. The court on Thursday, March 14, 2024 dismissed an original side appeal filed by the building firm in 2021 against a single judge’s 2019 order.
A Division Bench of Justices R. Subramanian and R. Sakthivel rejected the appeal and confirmed the order passed by Justice Krishnan Ramasamy on November 26, 2019 directing the firm to hand over to the actor the possession of 5 grounds and 454 square feet of land on Arcot Road at Kodambakakkam in Chennai.
Decreeing a civil suit preferred by the actor and his family in 2011, Justice Ramasamy had also directed the builder to pay damages at the rate of ₹1 lakh per month from August 1, 2008 till the day when the property gets handed over to Mr. Cowndamani, his wife C.M. Shanthi and daughters C.M. Selvi and C.M. Sumitra.
