Supreme Court of India
Kavita Kanwar v. Mrs. Pamela Mehta & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, this appeal fails and is, therefore, dismissed with costs quantified at Rs. 50,000/- (rupees fifty thousand), payable by the appellant equally to the respondent No. 1 and respondent No.
Judgment, page 81
From the headnote
Will – Probate of – Will dated 20.05.2003 was executed by the mother of the contesting parties-testatrix in presence of her younger daughter-appellant alone – Testatrix expired on 21.05.2006 and left behind two daughters and a son – In the said Will, the testatrix gave the entire share in her immovable property to the appellant and made her the major beneficiary under the Will – Appellant filed the petition seeking probate and that was declined both by the Trial Court and the High Court – The Trial Court and the High Court have concurrently found some suspicious circumstances which are of material bearing and which have remained unexplained…
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- 1958 H. Venkatachala Iyengar v. B. N. Thimmajamma & Others
- 2008 Bachhaj Nahar v. Nilima Mandal & Anr.
- 1993 Chiranjilal Shrilal Goenka(deceased) through Lr v. Jagjit Singh and Ors.
- 1999 Balraj Taneja and Anr. v. Sunil Madan and Anr.
- 1966 Smt. Dayawati and Another v. Inderjit and Others
- 1986 Monsanto Company by Their Patent Agent, De Penning and De Penning v. Coramandal Indag Products (p) Ltd.
- 2002 Madhukar D. Shende v. Tarabai Aba Shedage
- 1964 Ramchandra Rambux v. Champabai and Others
- 2007 Savithri and Ors. v. Karthyayani Amma and Ors.
- 2005 Pentakota Satyanarayana and Ors. v. Pentakota Seetharatnam and Ors.
- 2003 Ramabai Padmakar Patil (d) through Lrs. and Ors. v. Rukminibai Vishnu Vekhande and Ors.
- 2000 Chiranjilal Srilal Goenka (dead) by Lrs. v. Jasjit Singh and Ors.
- 1976 Jaswant Kaur v. Amrit Kaur & Ors.
- 1995 Ppk Gopalan Nambiar v. Ppk Balakrishnan Nambiar and Ors.
- 1981 Indu Bala Bose & Ors. v. Manindra Chandra Bose & Anr.
- 2007 Benga Behera and Anr. v. Braja Kishore Nanda and Ors.
- 2014 Leela Rajagopal & Ors. v. Kamala Menon Cocharan & Ors.
- 1974 Surendra Pal & Ors. v. Saraswati Arora & Anr.
- 2008 Babu Singh & Ors. v. Ram Sahai @ Ram Singh
- 1990 Ram Piari v. Bhagwant & Ors.
- 1961 Rani Purnima Devi and Another v. Kumar Khagendra Narayan Dev and Another
- 2006 Niranjan Umeshchandra Joshi v. Mridula Jyoti Rao and Ors.
- 1998 Gurdial Kaur and Ors. v. Kartar Kaur and Ors.
- 2003 Uma Devi Nambiar and Ors. v. T.C. Sidhan (dead)
- 2006 B. Venkatamuni v. C.j.yodhya Ram Singh and Ors.
- 1996 Mrs. Joyce Primrose Prestor v. Miss Vera Marie Vas and Ors.
- 1988 Modula India v. Kamakshya Singh Deo
- 2007 Apoline D' Souza v. John D Souza
Where later benches applied it
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- 2025 Lilian Coelho v. Myra Philomena Coalho
- 2022 Swarnalatha & Ors. v. Kalavathy & Ors.
Of those, 3 mentioned
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