The Supreme Court held that limitation for filing a probate application begins when the right to apply accrues, not on the testator's death, and restored a probate petition rejected as time-barred.
Read Full ArticleThe Gauhati High Court held that probate cannot be granted unless a will is proved to have been duly attested, setting aside a probate order after finding that the attesting witnesses failed to depose that they signed the will in the testator's presence, as required under Section 63(c) of the Indian Succession Act.
Supreme Court rules that proving a Will requires more than examining an attesting witness if suspicious circumstances exist, restoring a widow's inheritance after rejecting a disputed Will.
Justice M. S. Sonak registers Goa's first "living will" at an event by IMA and GSLSA, marking a historic step in the state's implementation of advance medical directives.
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