Supreme Court of India
S. Sundaresa Pai and Ors. v. Mrs. Sumangala T. Pai and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court and restore that of the trial court.
Judgment, page 5
From the 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 properties left behind by her mother dying intestate. 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
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