Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 98 · Decided 13 November 1958
H. Venkatachala Iyengar v. B. N. Thimmajamma & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1958 INSC 98 · [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 426
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 18/1955
- Decided
- 13 November 1958
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; Succession Act Section 45, 47, 67, 68, 63
Headnote
IJ. 426 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1959] Supp. H. VENKATACHALA IYENGAR v. B. N. THIMMAJAMMA & OTHERS (VENKATARAMA AIYAR, P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR and A. K. SARKAR, JJ.) Will-Mode of proof-Pnus-Suspicious circumstances-Re­ moval of such suspicion, if part of the initial burden on the propo­ any other document except as to the special requirement of attestation prescribed in the case of a will by s. 63 of the Indian Succession Act. Proof in either case cannot be mathematically precise and certain and so the test should be one of satisfaction of a prudent mind in such matters. The
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