Supreme Court of India

Gurcharan Singh & Ors. v. Angrez Kaur & Anr.

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Bench Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 19 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, we set aside the judgment of the High Court as well as First Appellate court and restore the decree of trial court.

Judgment, page 17

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Registration Act, 1908: s.17 – Case of appellants was that they were looking after one ‘ ’, the sole defendant (owner of the suit property) who was divorced long back and was staying with them – His daughters (respondents) had left with their mother after the divorce and never met him – Sole defendant had executed registered will in favour of appellants and also a family settlement was effected in which suit property was given to the appellants in equal share – Sole defendant in a suit filed by appellants admitted the claim of the appellants that a registered will was executed by him in…

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