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JUDGMENT

1. The issue involved in the present appeal is the validity of the Will dated 10/20.09.2004 (hereinafter referred to as the “Will”) stated to be executed by the late Ved Ram Anand. The appellant propounded the said Will by filing the underlying petition under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as “ISA”), claiming himself to be the beneficiary. Vide the impugned judgment, however, the Trial Court dismissed the said petition by observing that the said Will was shrouded by suspicious circumstances and that the petitioner had failed to prove that it was duly executed as the last and final Will of the testator.

2. Before proceeding further and for the sake of convenience, the genealogical table of the testator is extracted hereunder:

FAMILY TREE

VED RAM ANAND (Father)

Died on 28.11.2004