Supreme Court of India

H. Venkatachala Iyengar v. B. N. Thimmajamma & Others

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 426
Bench T.L. Venkatarama Aiyyar, P.B. Gajendragadkar and A.K. Sarkar JJ.
Decided 13 November 1958

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Will-Mode of proof-Pnus-Suspicious circumstances-Re­ moval of such suspicion, if part of the initial burden on the propo­ under-Indian Evidence Act, r872 (I of r87z), ss. 45, 47, 67, 68- Indian Succession Act, r9z5 (XXXIX of r9z5), ss. 59, 63. The mode of proving a will does not ordinarily differ from that of proving any other document except as to the special requirement of attestation prescribed in the case of a will by s. 63 of the Indian Succession Act. Proof in either case cannot be mathematically precise and certain and so the test should be one of satisfaction of a prudent mind in such

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