Supreme Court of India

Shanti Devi v. Daropti Devi and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 1050
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 14 December 2006

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the learned trial court D did not frame Issue No. 4 in its true perspective.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Succession Act, 1925: s. 63-0nus of proof to establish that Will was validly executed by the testator-Held: ls on beneficiary . . Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order Xll Rules 23 -& 23A or XL/ Rule 25-Framing!Reframing of issues-Trial Court wrongly framed fourth issue whereby onus of proof of validity of Will was put on plaintiff and not beneficiary-defendant-Findings on all the issues set aside by High Court and matter remitted in its entirety to the Trial Court-Correctness of-Held, incorrect-High Court ought to have remitted the matter only on the premise that the burden of proof on Issue

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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