Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1080 · Decided 12 October 2007
Basanti Devi v. Raviprakash Ramprasad Jaiswal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1080 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 444
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4896/2007
- Decided
- 12 October 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 3(f); Succession Act Section 3, 263, 283
Headnote
Indian Succession Act, 1925: C ss.263 & 283(3)-Revoking of probate-Just cause-Held: Application for grant of probate is a proceeding in rem-Being a judgment in rem, a person, who is aggrieved thereby and having had no knowledge about the proceedings and proper citations having not been made, available to him-Hindu.Succession Act, 1956-ss. 3(/), 8 & I 5-Bombay High Court Rules-r. 683. A Will had been executed in favour of Respondent by a Hindu widow. Pursuant to her death, Respondent filed an application for grant E of probate in relation to the Will which was granted by the High
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