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Bombay High Court Dismisses Probate Suit as Attesting Witnesses Deny Testator's Presence During Execution. Will Not Proved in Solemn Form Due to Non-Compliance with Section 63(c) of Indian Succession Act, 1925.

The dispute concerned the estate of Sahadev Deraj Shah, who died on 5th January 1998. His second wife, Shobhana, and the executors propounded a Will d...

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Bombay High Court Grants Probate of Will Dated 1977 Despite Limitation and Forgery Challenges. Executor Succeeds in Proving Due Execution and Testamentary Capacity of Testator Who Died in 1979.

The plaintiff, Suresh Manilal Mehta, filed a petition for probate of a Will dated 16th March 1977 allegedly executed by Rameshchandra Jamnadas Dalal (...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Dismisses Testamentary Suit Seeking Probate of Will Due to Forgery and Undue Influence. The Court Held That the Propounders Failed to Prove Due Execution and Testamentary Capacity, and That the Earlier Charitable Will Remained Unrevoked.

This testamentary suit arose from a petition for probate of the alleged last will of Jimmy Keki Tarachand, dated 27 December 2004. The original plaint...

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High Court of Bombay Heard Appeal Against Dismissal of Widow's Partition Suit. Court Examined Claim of Absolute Ownership Under Section 14(1) Hindu Succession Act and Entitlement Under Jamkhandi State Act.

The dispute pertained to the joint Hindu family estate of Sir Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, the erstwhile ruler of Jamkhandi, who died in 1924. His secon...

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High Court of Bombay Reconsiders Refusal to Grant Letters of Administration in Mother's Will Dispute. Single Judge Found Suspicious Circumstances; Division Bench Earlier Allowed Appeal but Supreme Court Remanded for Fresh Adjudication.

This matter involves a testamentary suit where the appellant, Myra Philomena Collaco, sought Letters of Administration with the Will dated 7 July 1982...

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Bombay High Court Revokes Probate for Non-Service of Citation on Legal Heir in Testamentary Succession Case. Failure to serve citation on a cousin who is a legal heir under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 amounts to fraud on court, warranting revocation of probate.

The petitioner, Adil Phiroz Makhania, filed a Miscellaneous Petition seeking revocation of probate granted by the Bombay High Court in Testamentary Pe...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Probate Petition in Testamentary Suit No. 13 of 1994 — Will Not Proved Due to Suspicious Circumstances. Propounders Failed to Discharge Burden of Proving Due Execution Under Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Section 68 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

The plaintiffs, Harish Vithal Kulkarni and Shivanand Vishwanath Warty, claiming to be executors under a Will dated 11th October, 1991 of Mahadeo Sabni...