Metpalli Lasum Bai (D) vs Metapalli Muthaih(D) 2025 INSC 879 - Will - Presumption Regarding Genuineness
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Will- When the Will is a registered document,there is a presumption regarding genuineness thereof and the burden would lie on the party who disputed its existence. (Para 9)
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When the Will is a registered document, there is a presumption regarding genuineness thereof and the burden would lie on the party who disputed its existence.#SupremeCourt https://t.co/cDJ8cL4rkG pic.twitter.com/51jc1p09Nq
— CiteCase 🇮🇳 (@CiteCase) July 21, 2025
Earlier this year, #SupremeCourt held [Leela vs Muruganantham 2025 INSC 10 https://t.co/TSg9wIIx2w] that mere registration of a Will would not attach to it a stamp of validity and it must still be proved in terms of the legal mandates under Section 63 Indian Succession Act and… https://t.co/pq0gfpZOUM
— CiteCase 🇮🇳 (@CiteCase) July 22, 2025
But also see this #SupremeCourt judgment which held that the burden of proof that the Will has been validly executed and is a genuine document is on the propounder. So now #SupremeCourt, though in a factual context, held that the burden will be on the one who disputes the will. pic.twitter.com/OwgFgRPXnR
— CiteCase 🇮🇳 (@CiteCase) July 22, 2025
Where there is a Will, there is a Way [to Courts and Litigation] !
— CiteCase 🇮🇳 (@CiteCase) July 22, 2025
A man made a Will in a July of the year 1974 and later died. A civil suit was filed and his heirs fought against each other for years over this Will.
Finally, in a July of 2025, #SupremeCourt disposed of… https://t.co/pq0gfpZOUM pic.twitter.com/uvUx0tdQfw
