P&H: Donor Cannot Bequeath Property by Will qua Already Gifted
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a person who has already gifted property cannot later bequeath the same by Will.
High Court allowed a Regular Second Appeal filed by the defendants against a 1992 first appellate decree that had granted possession to the plaintiff. The dispute concerned agricultural land. One Bhag Singh had executed a registered gift deed on 07.04.1956 in favour of his wife Karam Kaur, granting her a life interest with the remainder to their three sons. He later executed a Will dated 27.02.1969 purporting to bequeath the same land only to one son, Harbans...
