State Bank of India Scheduled Caste - v. R.Ravichandran

ORDER This Civil Revision Petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against the order passed by learned XX Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, in I.A.No.4 of 2025 in O.S.No.4444 of 2024, dated

04.12.2025, wherein the Court below allowed the application filed by the respondents/plaintiffs under Order VI Rule 17 CPC and permitted amendment of the plaint.

¶2Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned counsel for caveator and perused the materials available on record. This Court also went through the impugned order.

¶3The respondents are plaintiffs. The suit was filed seeking the relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendant association from taking up a particular agenda in the proposed General Body Meeting at any time without issuing a show cause notice to the plaintiffs to offer their explanation to the allegations made against them.

¶4When the above suit was pending, the plaintiffs filed I.A.No.4 of 2025 seeking amendment of pleadings on the basis of a subsequent development that had taken place where a resolution was passed and they sought for the relief of Page3 of 4 declaration. The Court below allowed the said application by an order dated

04.12.2025. Aggrieved by the same, the present revision has been filed.

¶5In the considered view of this Court, the amendment that is sought to be made in the pleadings by the plaintiffs is regarding a subsequent development that took place during the pendency of the suit wherein a resolution was passed and the plaintiffs were removed from the primary membership of the association. In the light of this development, the plaintiffs wanted to seek the relief of declaration questioning the said resolution passed. The Court below found that the said relief sought for by the plaintiffs does not change the character of the suit and that no prejudice will be caused to the defendant since the defendant can always file an additional written statement and justify passing of the resolution.

¶6This Court does not find any perversity in the reasoning given by the Court below warranting interference of this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner/defendant can always file an additional written statement and justify their stand for passing the resolution and for removing the plaintiffs from the membership. Hence, the order passed by the Court below is sustained and the petitioner is permitted to file an additional written statement and take a stand. The Court below shall deal Page4 of 4

N.ANAND VENKATESH, J. gm with the suit on its own merits and in accordance with law. The order passed in this revision will have no bearing when the Court below decides the suit on merits. The Civil Revision Petition is disposed of in the above terms. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 14-08-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order gm Civil Revision Petition No.4861 of 2026

Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 14-08-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Civil Revision Petition No.4861 of 2026 and C.M.P.No.21242 of 2026 State Bank of India Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes Employees' Welfare Association (SC/ST/SEWA) represented by its General Secretary No.86, Rajaji Salai, Chennai - 600 001. ..Petitioner Vs 1. R.Ravichandran S/o.Ramamoorthy 2. T.Sudarsan S/o.Tharanisingh ..Respondents Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India praying to set aside the order dated 04.12.2025 passed by the learned XX Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai in I.A.No.4 of 2025 in O.S.No.4444 of 2024. For Petitioner : Mr.Balan Haridas For Respondents : Mr.S.Sathia Chandran [R1] ***** Page2 of 4