Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 177 · Decided 15 April 1998
Nagulapati Lakshmamma v. Mupparaju Subbaiah
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 177 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1401/1988
- Decided
- 15 April 1998
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 68; Succession Act Section 63, 63(c)
Headnote
B Secession Act, 1925 : Section 63. Will-Attestation-Validity of-Attesting witness-Held: Must either sign or ajfrx his thump impression or mark himself-Attesting witness cannot C direct some other person to sign or make a mark or write his name on his behalf-Such a delegation does not amount to : External aids-Dictionary meaning-Invoking of-Held: When there is an express statutory provisior. in regard to a matter dictionary meaning cannot be invoked. Words and Phrases : ''Signed'' and ''Signature' '-Meaning of-In the context of S. 63 of the Succession Act, 1925. The appellant's
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