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N.P. Saseendran v. N.P. Ponnamma & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 957
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 24 March 2025

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In view of the foregoing discussion, we find that the trial Court as well as the First Appellate Court had erroneously come to the conclusion that Ext.A1 document was a Will, without appreciating the law.

Judgment, page 53

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The question to be decided herein is twin fold, whether the document of the year 1985 is a gift or Settlement or Will and whether the requirements under law or conditions in the deed have been satisfied to vest a legal right. Headnotes† Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – ss.122 - 123, 126, 127, 128 – Indian Stamp Act, 1899 – Art. 33 – Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 – Art.31 – Registration Act, 1909 – s.17 – Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.2(b) – Indian Succession Act, 1925 – Part VI – ss.2(h), 59, 61, 62, 63, 70, 89 – Respondent No.1 was the plaintiff (daughter) in O.S.No.27 of

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