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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

Advocates Appeared
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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       .

Honble KOTHARI, J.—The applicant Pushpa Devi W/o Jeet Mal Mohnot, resident of Bidasar, Tehsil Sujangarh, Dist. Churu (Rajasthan) has filed the present application under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 seeking probate in respect of a Will executed by her mother-inlaw Smt. Manak Devi W/O Sh. Mangi Lal who died on 31.12.1993 at Bidasar, Tehsil Sujangarh, Dist. Churu and executed a Will in question on 9.1.1992 bequeathing certain movable and immovable properties on the propounder of the said Will namely Smt. Pushpa Devi, now the present applicant.

(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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mRrj esa % ckMh eksrhyky euksr dk vk/kk fgLlk

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iwoZ esa % dksBh dk vk/kk fgLlk eksrhyky euksr

ifpe esa % ckMh vk/kk fgLlk eksrhyky euksr

ch@& chnklj rglhy lqtkux< ftyk ljdkjh vLirky ds ikl 1190-30 oxZ ehVj esa ls fuEufyf[kr gnwn dk vk/kk Hkkx %

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mRrj esa % jkLrk

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ifpe esa % dkuey ekuey th dh Hkwfe

lh@& ftyk chdkusj esa ds bZ ,e jksM+ ds ikl vy[k lkxj jksM ij jru fcgkjh th ds ikdZ ds lkeus uqdM ij fLFkr edku ftudk dqN Hkkx bf.M;u cSad kk[kk chdkusj dks fdjk;s ij fn;k gqvk gS % ftlds dqy fdjk;s esa ls vk/kk fdjk;k izkIr djus dh Lo- ek.kdnsoh vf/kdkjh.kh Fkh fdUrq cSad ls djkjrk fof/kor lEiknu u gksus ikus ds dkj.k ek.kdnsoh ds fgLls dh jkfk mDr cSad esa llisUl ,dkmUV esa tek gksrh tk jgh gS o Hkou ds ks"k Hkkx esa vkSj Hkh fdjk;snkj gS tks ek.kdnsoh ds fgLls dk fdjk;k ek.kdnsoh ds cSad [kkrk uacj 817 bf.M;u cSad esa tek djkrs FksA

Mh@& chdkusj esa bf.M;u cSad dh kk[kk tks mij of.kZr Hkou esa gS esa Jherh ek.kdnsoh ds uke ds [kkrs uacj 817 esa tek jkfk :i;s 2431-99 iSls rFkk mDr cSad dks Hkou dk tksHkkx fdjk;s ij fn;k gqvk gS ds fdjk;s dh jkfk Jherh ek.kdnsoh ds fgLls dh tks blh cSad ds lalisUl ,dkmUV esa tek gSA

bZ@& phrjiqj izsflax d-izk-fy- uacj 105 vksYM pk;uk cktkj LVªht dydRrk ds 1734 bDohVh vksMhZujh ks;lZ ftuds LØhiV la- 11067 ls 11100 rd ua- 03201 ls 3700 rd] 24301 ls 25000 rd rFkk 18501 ls 19000 rd gSA

,Q@& eq.kksr ,.M da-izk-fy- ua- 105 vksYM pk;uk cktkj LVªhV dydRrk ds 22 vksMhZujh ks;lZ LØhIV ua 121&122 rFkk ua- 150 ls 169 rFkk 15 fizQzsfUl;y ftuds LØhIV la- 644 ls 658 gSA dydRrk esa 49@1@1 dkWVj LVªhV esa fLFkr dkesV xkjesVl eSUQSa- da- esa ek.kd nsoh ds uke tek :- 46]200@&

th@& dydRrk esa ua- 1 vkj ,u eqdthZ jksM ij fLFkr iatkc uskuy cSad dh oiZ.k jksM dydRrk czkap esa Jherh ek.kdnsoh ds cpr [kkrk uacj 10324 esa tek jkfk :i;s 11892@& 13 iSls dydRrk esa 16 oksu fQYM ysu esa fLFkr QeZ esa vfkV bUosLVesaV lfoZl izk- fy- ds ;gka ek.kdnsoh ds uke tek :- 30]000@&**

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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mRrj nf{k.k iwoZ ifpe

okMh eksrhyky jkLrk dksBh vk/kk okMh vk/kk

euksr vk/kk fgLlk fgLlk

fgLlk eksrhyky euksr eksrhyky euksr

¼2½ chnklj esa ljdkjh vLirky ds ikl fLFkr fuEukafdr lhekvksa ds ckMs rknknh 1119-30 oxZehVj esa vk/kk Hkkx 33579@&

mRrj nf{k.k iwoZ ifpe

jkLrk ckMh ekueyth jkLrk dkuey

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