Supreme Court of India

Vikrant Kapila v. Pankaja Panda

Neutral citation
Bench Aniruddha Bose and S.V.N. Bhatti JJ.
Decided 10 October 2023

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

Held as under : (SCC p. 629, para 17) “17. … A will like any other document is to be proved in terms of the provisions of the Succession Act and the Evidence Act.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

before us hinges upon the interpretation of one sanguine document – Will dated 18.11.1999, which, being admitted by all parties, is not under challenge. Relevant clauses for purposes of adjudication of disputes inter-se parties, being clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the said Will.” Hence, the Civil Appeal. 19. We have heard Learned Senior Counsel Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Mr. Shyam Divan and Mr. Ritin Rai for Defendant Nos. 1, 4 and 5 and the Plaintiffs, respectively and Ms. Manisha Sharma for Defendant No. 3.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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