Supreme Court of India

Ram Avatar Soni v. Mahanta Laxmidhar Das and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 39
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 24 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned order of the High Court in CMP No.684 of 2016 dated 30.06.2016 is set aside and these appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Will – Will in question executed by one ‘MND’ was probated in favour of respondent no.1 – Appellant filed suit seeking rev ocation of the probate so granted – Application filed by the appella nt u/Or. XXVI, r.10A CPC to send the Will in question to the hand-writing expert for comparison with the documents, available in the cour t in an earlier Probate Case of 1982, containing admitted signature s of ‘MND’ – Application allowed by District Judge – Ord er set aside by the High Court – Propriety of – Held: If the scientific investigation of the document in question facilitates the ascertainin g

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