Supreme Court of India

Shyam Lal @ Kuldeep v. Sanjeev Kumar & Ors

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Reported as [2009] 5 S.C.R. 1049
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and H.L. Dattu JJ.
Decided 15 April 2009

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HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956: s.30 rlw s.4 - Will in respect of ancestral property- Held: c There being concurrent findings of courts below that the will had validly been executed, and the findings being purely on a question of fact, i.e., with regard to execution of will, High Court rightly held that such findings could not be interfered ) with in second appeal - In view of s.30 rlw s.4, a male Hindu 0 governed by Mitakshara system is not debarred from making a will in respect of ancestral property - Besides, considering as a whole, as set out in the plaint, suit was not within time -

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