P&H: Sets Aside Registered Will, Says Registration Alone Doesn’t Prove Genuineness, Grants Estate To Sister’s Heirs The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a 1994 second appeal in a family property dispute, ruling that a registered Will is not automatically valid unless the propounder proves due execution and dispels suspicious circumstances. Both rival Wills set up by the parties were invalid, and the estate of the deceased, Ralla Singh, would devolve on his sister’s
P&H: Sets Aside Registered Will, Says Registration Alone Doesn’t Prove Genuineness, Grants Estate To Sister’s Heirs
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13 May 2026
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Indian Succession Act, 1925, S.63(c), Evidence Act, 1872, Ss.68, 69, 70 — Will — Even in case of registered Will, propounder is required to satisfy the judicial conscience of Court and dispel suspicious circumstances, if any surrounding Will - Testator filed suit against mother of defendant alleging pressuing upon him to create Will in her favour - Testator died within 25 days of alleged execution of Will propounded by plaintiff - Attesting witness himself entered
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