Supreme Court of India

Ppk Gopalan Nambiar v. Ppk Balakrishnan Nambiar and Ors.

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Bench K. Ramaswamy and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 7 March 1995

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What the Court ordered

The judgments of the High Court and District Munsif, therefore, stand set aside and that of the Sub-ordinate Judge stands confirmed. So, the properties covered under Ex.B-12 stand excluded from the partition. The appeal is accordingly allowed, No costs.

Judgment, 588-C, D

From the headnote

Will-Duty of propounder to prove-Suspected features of will-Must be real and germane-Registered will propounded by defendant in a suit for partition-No pleadings by plaintiff regarding invalidity of will-No evidence to doubt correctness of will-In the circumstances will held valid. In a suit for partition, the appellant-defendant propounded a registered will executed by his mother under which whole of the testator's estate was given to the appellant.…

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