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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ARIF S.DOCTOR
Manoharlal Lalchand Nagpal – Appellant
Versus
Testamentary Suit No. 82 of 2008 In Testamentary Petition No. 548 of 2008 – Respondent
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| 1. background of partition and testamentary suits. (Para 2 , 3) |
JUDGMENT :
ARIF S. DOCTOR J.
1. Both the captioned Suits are on board for final hearing.
2. Suit No. 2286 of 2008 (“Partition Suit”) has been filed seeking partition of the estate of one Shri Tikamdas Dembla (“Tikamdas”), and Testamentary Suit No. 82 of 2008 (“Testamentary Suit”) has been filed for the probate of the last Will and Testament of one Smt. Rajkumari Tikamdas Dembla. Given the commonality of facts and parties, common evidence was led in both Suits, and it is thus that both Suits, by consent of Learned Counsel, are taken up together for final hearing and are being disposed of by this common order.
3. For convenience, reference to the Parties in both the captioned Suits shall be as they are arrayed and referred to in the Partition Suit. Before proceeding further, it is useful for context to set out a few facts:
i. One Tikamdas Dembla (“Tikamdas”), who was the father of the Plaintiffs and the Defendant, passed away on 12 March 1994, leaving behind the Plaintiffs, the Defendant, and his wife, namely Smt. Rajkumari Tikamdas Dembla, (“Rajkumari”) as his only legal heirs and next of kin. During his lifet
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