Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 76 · Decided 6 March 1990
Ram Piari v. Bhagwant & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 76 · [1990] 1 S.C.R. 813
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4499/1986
- Decided
- 6 March 1990
- Bench
- K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136; Succession Act
Headnote
B Indian Succession Act, 1925: Testamentary succession-Will­ Execution of-Genuineness-Mere production of scribe and attesting witnesses-Not sufficient-Suspicious circumstances to be ruled out­ Conscience of Courts satisfaction of-Not only on execution-Also on authenticity. - Constitution Interference justified. c The appellant's father executed a Will, just oue day prior to his D death, bequeathing all his property iu favour of the sons of appellant's only sister. The testator was ill and lived with the beneficiaries six months prior to his death. Though the testator
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