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2024 Supreme(Ker) 187

VIJU ABRAHAM
Mary Mohan Chacko – Appellant
Versus
Inspector General Department of Registration – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sindhu Santhalingam, A.D.Shajan, Abraham K George
For the Respondent: Sreekanth K.M., GP - Deepa V.

JUDGMENT :

Petitioner has approached this Court seeking to quash Ext.P3 Will.

2. Bare facts of the case necessary for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows :

    lst petitioner is the wife of the 2nd petitioner, who is the eldest son of late Chinnamma Chacko, who is the testatrix of Ext P1 will and respondents 5 and 6 are her children. The testatrix's husband is late K. E. Chacko. It is contended that the testatrix is having certain extent of properties and she has executed Ext.P1 registered Will No.106 of 1996 of Sub Registrar Office, Pattom. Petitioners contend that going by Ext.P1 Will it is executed in favour of the petitioners. The testatrix died on 10.01.2015 as is evident from Ext.P2 death certificate. It is the contention of the petitioners that the testatrix's husband has cancelled Ext.P1 Will executed by the testatrix and registered a new Will, Ext.P3 as document No.38/III/2022 of Sub Registrar Office, Edappally. The 1st petitioner lodged Ext.P4 complaint before the 1st respondent and by Ext.P5 order the matter was directed to be enquired into. Thereafter 2nd respondent after inquiry issued Ext.P6 communication essentially holding that since the Will is registered, it

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