Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 513 · Decided 12 April 1996
MRS. Joyce Primrose Prestor v. Miss Vera Marie Vas and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 513 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 268
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3481/1979
- Decided
- 12 April 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 96; Succession Act Section 57, 61, 276
Headnote
India Succession Act 1925-Ss.57, 61, 276--Holograph Will by testat1ix mother granting equal shares to her three daughters-Application for grant of Letters of Administration by one daughter resisted by the other two daughters and the father alleging will got by undue influence of the propounder on will was genuine and plaintiff entitled to letters of administration-High Cowt reversing holding will shrouded in suspicious circiunstances-Held, High Court e1red; there was a strong presumption of regulanty of holograph wills and tnal court's finding was based on proper application of law and
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