David Arul (plaintiff/appellant), the only son of Michael Arul (first defendant) and grandson of the late Mrs. Mabel Arul, filed a suit challenging a Deed of Cancellation dated 28.10.2008 by which his grandmother purportedly cancelled a Settlement Deed dated 22.10.2008 that had settled the suit property (348, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai) in his favour. The plaintiff contended that the Settlement Deed was validly executed out of natural love and affection, was accepted by him, and contained no power of revocation, and that the cancellation was procured under the undue influence of his father (the first defendant) and a foreign associate. He further sought declarations that a Lease Agreement dated 01.04.2011 and other arrangements made by the first defendant with the remaining defendants creating third-party rights in the suit property were illegal and void. The trial court (XVIII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai) dismissed the suit by judgment dated 06.07.2023, and the plaintiff has filed the present appeal before the Madras High Court under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908. The judgment text provided covers the background facts and pleadings; the final appellate decision is not reproduced in the excerpt supplied.