2008 Supreme(Raj) 958
[Citation : 2009(1) RLW (Raj.) 322]
(Rajasthan High Court)
Pushpa Devi Vs. Moti Lal & Ors. (Kothari, J.)
HONBLE DR. VINEET KOTHARI, J.
Pushpa Devi
Versus
Moti Lal & Ors.
S.B. Civil Testamentary Case No. 1 of 1999, decided on 04.09.2008
L.R. Mehta, assisted by Sajjan Singh, for Applicant;
M.R. Singhvi, for Respondent.
Headnote:Indian Succession Act, 1925, Sec. 276 — Grant of probate of Will — Objection about lack of capacity of executant and suspecious circumstances — Held — Unless the objection is established, the grant of probate to the propounder of the Will on the basis of Will which is duly executed and proved by the attesting witnesses is a matter of course — Execution of the Will is duly proved by the prounder of the Will as well as seribe and attesting witnesses — The objector failed to make out any suspecious circumstances or lack of capacity of executant to have executed Will — The ring of suspicion cast by objector has been successfully removed by the applicant, propounder of the Will — Applicant is entitled to get probate certificate subject to payment of Court fee.
Application allowed. (Paras 46 to 48)
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(2). The respondent No.1 Sh. Moti Lal S/O Sh. Mangi Lal is the younger brother of Sh. Jeet Mal, husband of the present applicant and the respondent No.2 is Smt. Kanchan Devi w/o Sh. Abhay Singh, a sister of Jeet Mal and Moti Lal. Respondent No.3 Jai Singh and respondent No.4 Sanjay Kumar are also sons of Jeet Mal, who has also expired and predeceased his mother Smt. Manak Devi on 3.11.1991.
(3). According to the application under Section 276, the said Smt. Manak Devi W/O Sh. Mangi Lal executed her last Will on 9.1.1992 and the said Manak Devi had following movable and immovable property at the time of her death:
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3A. In her affidavit dated 12.7.1999 along with the application, the applicant has given details of property bequeathed upon her in para 3 of the affidavit as under:
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