Probate Law

Lost Will: Supreme Court declines to order investigation in decades-old probate matter

/ Grant of Probate, Indian Succession Act, 1925, Indian Succession Act, 1925 with Section 222, Indian Succession Act, 1925 with Section 272, Indian Succession Act, 1925 with Section 317, Judges, Pankaj Mithal, Probate Law, V. Ramasubramanian, Will

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition for Will Copy in Decades-Old Probate Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a court can order an investigation into the whereabouts of an original Will when the probate records have been destroyed and the Will is untraceable after a long period. CASE TYPE: Probate Law Case Name: A. Wilson Prince vs. The Nazar […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Will of Shyama Sundari Dassi: Pasupati Nath Das vs. Chanchal Kumar Das (25 September 2018)

/ Ashok Bhushan, Genuineness of Will, Indian Succession Act, 1925, Indian Succession Act, 1925 with Section 263, Judges, Probate Law, Testamentary Capacity, Uday Umesh Lalit

Supreme Court Upholds Will: Pasupati Nath Das vs. Chanchal Kumar Das (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Validity of a Will and testamentary capacity of the testator. CASE TYPE: Testamentary/Probate Law Case Name: Pasupati Nath Das (dead) vs. Chanchal Kumar Das (dead) by L.Rs. and Ors. [Judgment Date]: 25 September 2018 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 25 September

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Caveatable Interest Clarified: Supreme Court Decision in Probate Case: Yash Vardhan Mall vs. Tejash Doshi (2017) INSC 940

/ Arun Mishra, Caveatable Interest, Judges, L. Nageswara Rao, Probate Law, Probate Law with Rule 25, Rules of The High Court At Calcutta (Original Side), 1914

Can an executor of a prior will challenge a subsequent will? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a recent case regarding probate and caveatable interest. This case clarifies the rights of an executor of a previous will to contest a later will. The judgment was delivered by Justices Arun Mishra and L.

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