IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
EASWARAN S., J
SYLAJA KUMARI – Appellant
Versus
GEETHA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. plaintiff's inheritance claims based on contested will. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's observations on trial court's findings of the will. (Para 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 12 , 19 , 22) |
| 3. arguments on will's suspicious circumstances and its implications. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. jurisdictional limits in appellate court's evaluation of wills. (Para 10 , 11 , 13 , 15 , 21) |
| 5. final ruling restores initial trial court decision. (Para 24) |
JUDGMENT
The defendant in a suit for declaration of title and recovery of possession has come up in the present appeal, aggrieved by the judgment and decree rendered by the Additional District Court-I, Thiruvananthapuram, in A.S. No.160 of 2010, by which, the first appellate court reversed the dismissal of the suit by the Principal Munsiff Court, Neyyattinkara, in O.S. No.349 of 2004.
2. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the appeal are as follows:
The plaintiff claims that she and one Latha are the daughters of late P.R. Sasidharan Nair and late Smt. Lalitha Bai. Smt. Lalitha Bai had another daughter by name, Preetha, in another marriage, and the plaintiff, Latha, Preetha and their mother jointly owned 17 cents of Property. The right of the mother and La
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