Hon’ble Sunil Ambwani, J.—The plaintiffs, named as executors in the alleged will of Maharaja Martand Singh son of Late H.H. Maharaja Gulab Singh Juedeo of Rewa, filed a Testamentary Case No. 4 of 1999 for grant of probate with will dated 5.1.1993 attached under Section 232 and 268 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (in short the Succession Act). The application is contested by the caveators/objectors Maharani Smt. Praveen Kumari, the widow and Shri Pushpraj Singh, the son of late Maharaja on which it was registered as Testamentary Suit No. 11 of 1999. The Maharaja died on 20.11.1995 at his residence at Fort Rewa in the State of Madhya Pradesh, which is stated to be his fixed place of abode. The Maharaja had left behind properties at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh; Bombay in State of Maharashtra and at Allahabad in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

2. Heard Shri Navin Sinha, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Rakesh Bahadur for the plaintiffs; and Shri Ajeet Kumar, Advocate assisted by Shri Manu Saxena and Shri Mohit Kumar for the defendants.

3. It is stated by the plaintiffs, the executors named in the will, that the Maharaja at the time of his death possessed, and has also left shares