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2008 Supreme(UK) 167

A.K.MATHUR, ALTAMAS KABIR
KAMLESH BABU – Appellant
Versus
LAJPAT RAI SHARMA – Respondent


For the Appellants :Mr. S.B. Sanyal, Sr. Adv., Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Mr. Satish Dayanandan, Mr. Manish Kaushik and Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, Advocates
For the Respondents:Ms. Rachna Srivastava, Advocate.

JUDGMENT

Altamas Kabir, J. - Leave granted.

2. This appeal involves a dispute between the parties who are related to each other, having a common ancestor. The dispute involves a registered Will dated 5th August, 1972, executed in favour of the appellants by one Brijlal (deceased), who had four sons. Except for his youngest son, Onkar Prasad, all the other sons were allegedly separated from him and were staying separately. Brijlal was staying with Onkar Prasad and excluding the descendants of his other children executed the said Will dated 5th August, 1972, in favour of his grand-children through Onkar Prasad. Brijlal died on 5th November, 1976, and on the basis of the Will executed by him, the appellants moved an application for mutation of the bequeathed properties in their names. The respondent No. 1, who is one of the grand-sons of the testator through another son, Shanti Swarup, also filed an application for mutation, which was rejected. An appeal preferred therefrom was also dismissed. On 29th April, 1977, the Tehsildar passed an order for mutation of the properties in the name of the appellants on the basis of the aforesaid Will dated 5th August, 1972.

3. On 2nd January, 1978



























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