Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 469 · Decided 2 July 2015
SMT. Shakuntala Bai & ORS. v. MR. Mahaveer Prasad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 469 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 266
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1630/2010
- Decided
- 2 July 2015
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act Section 372
Headnote
Will- Validity of-Application u/s. 372 of Succession c Act, 1925 by adopted son of testator on the strength of Will dated 15.11.1978 - Validity of the Will challenged - Trial Court rejected the application holding the Will to be invalid - Single as well as Division Bench of High Court, reversed issuance of Succession D Certificate - On appeal, held: Two witnesses have satisfactorily proved the execution of the Will and the attestation thereof by tWo witnesses- Signature of the testator has been endorsed by two handwriting experts vyhich was corroborated by forensic report- Widow
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