Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 586 · Decided 28 November 2001
S. Sundaresa Pai and ORS. v. MRS. Sumangala T. Pai and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 586 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 366
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5301/1992
- Decided
- 28 November 2001
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Wills : Execution of the documents-Legality of-Uneven distribution qf assets by the testator-Cannot render the document illegal-Such distribution is pure discretion o,f the executant. Respondent No. 1 filed a suit against the appellant, respondent No. 2 and her father claiming I/6th share of the Appellants, respondent No. 2 and their father submitted that the property of their mother should be dealt according to the Will. Trial Court dismissed the suit holding that the Will had been duly proved. High Court set aside the order. Since the father of respondent No. I died during the
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