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ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE
Shantinath – Appellant
Versus
Mahaveer – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mr. Anant Ramanath Hegde, J. - Defendants No.1 to 4 who are the Class-I heirs of late Rayappa Topannavar are before this Court aggrieved by the decree for declaration of title in favour of the plaintiff in O.S.No.35/2011 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge at Saundatti.
2. To understand the case in a proper perspective, it is necessary to refer to the admitted genealogy of the parties, which is as under:
3. The trial Court accepted the plea of the plaintiff who claimed absolute right over the suit schedule property bearing Sy.No.383 measuring 13 acres 33 guntas in Yaraganavi village of Saundatti Taluk based on the Will dated 07.05.1996 alleged to have been executed by Rayappa Topannavar, the father of the plaintiff.
4. The testator Rayappa Topannavar died on 26.08.2003. The first wife was Tavanavva and second wife is also Tavanavva. He married the second wife after the demise of first wife. From the first wife he had three sons and one daughter and from the second wife he had two sons and two daughters. The plaintiff claims that the children from the second wife were residing separately and he was looking after his father and on account of love and affection towards father
A registered Will's validity relies on proving the testator's mental capacity and proper execution, with courts deferring to concurrent factual findings by trial and appellate courts.
The court established that the burden of proving a will lies with the proponent, who must dispel any suspicious circumstances surrounding its execution.
The court confirmed the validity of a Will executed in a sound mind, emphasizing the challenger’s burden to prove invalidity, which was not met in this case.
The father of the coparceners had no right to bequeath ancestral property via Will. Wills are invalid unless proven in accordance with statutory requirements.
The execution and validity of a Will require strict adherence to statutory provisions, including proper attestation, which was not proven in this case, rendering the claimed interests void.
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