Supreme Court upholds sister’s right over deceased brother’s property
In an important ruling on the law relating to Wills and inheritance, the Supreme Court of India has held that merely because a wife and children are excluded from a Will, the document cannot automatically be treated as suspicious or invalid. The Court observed that the very purpose of executing a Will is to alter the normal line of succession, and therefore exclusion of natural heirs, by itself, cannot become a ground to discard a testamentary document.
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Vatsal Chandra is a Delhi-based Advocate practicing before the courts of Delhi NCR. His practice spans insolvency matters, intellectual property rights, commercial and civil litigation, and family disputes.Read More
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