Supreme Court of India
Vikrant Kapila v. Pankaja Panda
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What the Court ordered
Held as under : (SCC p. 629, para 17) “17. … A will like any other document is to be proved in terms of the provisions of the Succession Act and the Evidence Act.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
before us hinges upon the interpretation of one sanguine document – Will dated 18.11.1999, which, being admitted by all parties, is not under challenge. Relevant clauses for purposes of adjudication of disputes inter-se parties, being clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the said Will.” Hence, the Civil Appeal. 19. We have heard Learned Senior Counsel Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Mr. Shyam Divan and Mr. Ritin Rai for Defendant Nos. 1, 4 and 5 and the Plaintiffs, respectively and Ms. Manisha Sharma for Defendant No. 3.
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Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Sardari Lal v. Bishan Dass
- 2026 Pushpa v. Dayawati
Of those, 2 mentioned
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