P&H: Rejects Two rival Wills in dispute, says neither was proved and estate to devolve by inheritance
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a second appeal in a family property dispute after finding that two rival Wills, both executed shortly before the testator’s death, were surrounded by suspicious circumstances and could not be accepted as genuine.
The case involved the estate of Salwinder Singh, who died unmarried and without children. One side of the family claimed that he had executed a Will on October 1, 1991 in favour of his brothers and sisters, while the appellant, Mohan Singh, relied on an earlier Will dated September 25, 1991 in his favour.
The trial court had rejected...