Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1244 · Decided 14 November 2019

Manju Puri v. Rajiv Singh Hanspal & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2019 INSC 1244 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 829
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 8455/2019
Decided
14 November 2019
Bench
ASHOK BHUSHAN, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Succession Act Section 268, 283, 276

Headnote

Succession Act, 1925: ss. 268, 283, 276 - Probate of Will - Revocation of - Issuance of citation to legal heirs - Requirement of - On facts, testator executed a Will bequeathing immovable property to his eldest daughter - 20 years later probate obtained and no - Two years later, suit for partition by younger daughter of testator against the eldest daughter in respect of the immovable property - Written statement by the eldest daughter that the said property was gifted to her by her mother - Dismissal of the partition suit

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