Supreme Court of India

Krishna Kumar Birla v. Rajendra Singh Lodha and Others

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 640
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 31 March 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the appointment of YB D as an executor of the Will of MPB in place of PDB cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 80

From the headnote

Succession- Indian Succession Act, 1925- Section 2(c), 2(h), 283, 284, 285 & 286 - Calcutta High Court Rules, 1940 c - Rule 4, 5(a), 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30- Indian Trusts Act, 1882 - Section 73 - Probate And Administration Act, 1881 - Section 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 & 83. Caveatable interest means an interest in the estate of the deceased to which the caveator would otherwise be entitled to and having a special interest therein - Caveatable interest may arise only after suit for enforcement of mutual Will is decreed. + Manner of filing an application for grant of probate - Jurisdiction of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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