Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 458 · Decided 29 September 2005
Pentakota Satyanarayana and ORS. v. Pentakota Seetharatnam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 458 · [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 719
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5941/2005
- Decided
- 29 September 2005
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 68; Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act
Headnote
B Hindu Law Hindu Succession Act, 1956-Teslamentary Succession-Evidence Act, 1872-Seclions 68, 114-Execution and proof of Will-Deceased father C executing Will in favour of appellants, children through second wife-Will attested-Altes/or examined proving sound disposing state of mind-Signature of testator in a suit filed by alleged adopted son about execution of Will-Held, the execution of Will proved beyond doubt. D Will-Suspicious circumstances-Alleged adopted son claiming execution-Propounder merely present during registration-Held, mere presence of propounder is not a suspicious
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