Supreme Court of India

Jagdish Chand Sharma v. Narain Singh Saini (dead) through His Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 6 S.C.R. 397

Bench Kurian Joseph and Amitava Roy JJ.

Decided 1 May 2015

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SuccessionAct, 1925-s. 63(c)-EvidenceAct, 1872-ss. c 68, 71 - Will - Execution of - Correctness and validity - Execution of Will by testator as sole and absolute owner amongst others of the relevant property - Said property bequeathed in favo.ur of appellant out of love and affection for him for the services rendered by him and was not favourably disposed towards his sons for their disagreeable conduct and activitie_§ - Trial court granted letter of administration to the appellant vis a vis the said Will holding that the Will had been validly executed by testator with a sound state of mind in

Authorities it was built on

1958 H. Venkatachala Iyengar v. B. N. Thimmajamma & Others cited by 35
2002 Janki Narayan Bhoir v. Narayan Namdeo Kadam cited by 16
2005 Pentakota Satyanarayana and Ors. v. Pentakota Seetharatnam and Ors. cited by 7
1976 Jaswant Kaur v. Amrit Kaur & Ors. cited by 6
1974 Surendra Pal & Ors. v. Saraswati Arora & Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2023 Moturu Nalini Kanth v. Gainedi Kaliprasad (dead, through Lrs.) relied on
2020 Rattan Singh & Ors. v. Nirmal Gill & Ors. Etc. relied on
2019 Raj Kumari and Others v. Surinder Pal Sharma relied on

Of those, 3 relied on

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