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H. P. SANDESH
Eulalia Sequeira Nee Menezes – Appellant
Versus
Cyril Anthony Menezes – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard the learned counsel for appellant and learned counsel for respondents
2. This miscellaneous first appeal is filed under Section 289 of Indian Succession Act challenging the impugned order passed in Misc.case.No.16/1998 and prayed the Court to set aside the order dated 13.08.2007 passed by the Prl. District Judge, Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore and consequently allow the petition filed by the appellant under Section 263 of Indian Succession Act and grant such other relief as deem fit in the interest of justice and equity.
3. The grounds urged in the present appeal is that the very impugned order is erroneous, contrary to law and suffers from legal and factual infirmities. The Court below fails to appreciate the evidence and material on record in its proper perspective. The findings of the Court below are opposed to weight of evidence and probabilities of the case. The Court below seriously erred in coming to the conclusion that the appellant has been served notice personally in P and SC No.38/1983. The said finding is without any evidence. There is no documentary evidence on record to show the personal service of notice, neither the copy of the said notice nor the acknowl
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The court ruled that failure to disclose necessary parties with caveatable interest justifies revocation of probate under Section 263 of the Indian Succession Act.
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(1) Revocation of Probate – Limitations starts from date of grant of probate and not from date of knowledge about probate proceedings.(2) Probate Court is a court of conscience – Approach of a probat....
The explanations under Section 263 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 are illustrative, allowing for revocation of probate based on just causes not explicitly listed.
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