( 1 ) THE facts leading to the above mentioned application succinctly are that Col. M. L. Puri, who was father of the plaintiff-Sh. Yog Raj Puri, defendants 1, 2, 5 and 6, namely, Lt. Col. Yogishwar Raj Puri, Sh. Yugal Raj Pri, Smt. Laila Devi Dewan and Smt. Primla Devi Dewan and was grandfather of defendants 3 and 4, who are minor children of Col. Yadav Raj Puri and grand maternal father of Smt. Padma Devi, who is daughter of Smt. Sushila Devi, deceased daughter of Col. M. L. Puri, died on 24th April, 1949, leaving behind his widow Smt. Chanan Devi and his sons and daughters mentioned above as his legal heirs. Col. Puri owned a large number of stocks and shares and other securities and was operating several accounts with various banks, some of the accounts being jointly in his name and his wife Smt. Chanan Devi or one or other of his sons. The accounts which Col. Puri had in the joint names of himself and one or other on his sons/wife were payable to "either or surviver". On the death of Col. Puri the securities and shares held in his personal account as also in his account jointly with his wife Smt. Chanan Devi were transferred in the name of his wife by the bank concerned viz. A

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