The contention emerged from a partition lawsuit initiated by Thiyyer Kunnath Meethal Chandu, asserting an entitlement to 8/20 shares of the property, which was contested by the defendants, descendants of ... Sankaran, on the grounds that the property was under the ownership of their ancestor, Madhavan; thus, the central legal question pertained to the legitimacy of Chandu’s claim through his mother, Chiruthey, in light of her subsequent remarriage.