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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Partition Suit, Upholding High Court's Decree on Property Shares and Invalidating Compromise. Legal Heirs' Dispute Over Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties Resolved with Shares Determined Under Hindu Law, and Compromise Set Aside Under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

The litigation originated from a partition suit filed by Charulata Sahoo (plaintiff) against her brother Prafulla Sahoo (defendant No. 1) and sister S...

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Bombay High Court Grants Probate of Will in Favor of Executor Despite Allegations of Suspicious Circumstances. Will executed by testatrix with firm signature and solicitor-drafted formality upheld as valid under Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925.

The plaintiff, Chittaranjan N. Negandhi, sought probate of a Will dated 24th May 1973 left by his mother, Bhanumati Narottamdas Chapsi. Bhanumati died...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Application for Condonation of Delay in Filing Caveat in Probate Proceedings — Delay of 140 Days Not Sufficiently Explained. Court Held That Awareness of Proceedings and Legal Advice Negated Claim of Ignorance, and Delay Was Not Condoned Under Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963.

The judgment concerns a Chamber Summons filed by the applicants (caveators) seeking condonation of a 140-day delay in filing a caveat and affidavit in...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Dismissal of Final Decree Petition for Default in Partition Suit. Final decree proceedings cannot be dismissed under Order IX Rule 8 CPC as they are a continuation of the suit and must be decided on merits.

The petitioners, who were plaintiffs in a suit for partition and separate possession, obtained a preliminary decree. Subsequently, they filed a final ...

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Bombay High Court Grants Probate of Will in Favor of Executor Despite Challenge by Caveator Claiming Earlier Will. Court Upholds Validity of Later Will Executed in Hospital, Finds No Suspicious Circumstances.

The case concerns a probate petition filed by Prakash Sunderdas Aswani, the sole executor named in the last Will of Pushpa Thakurdas Aswani dated 18th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Revocation of Probate in Succession Act Case — No Grounds Made Out Under Section 263 of Indian Succession Act, 1925. Court held that mere allegations of fraud or suppression without evidence are insufficient to revoke probate granted after due citation.

The petitioner, Ramprakash Jugilal Podar, brother of the deceased Tejpal Jugilal Podar, filed a petition under Section 263 of the Indian Succession Ac...