signature of a person is proved on a document does not necessarily mean that person who has signed the document has done so after understanding contents of document.
Citation
CDJ 2011 MHC 3615
N.Govindarajan vs N.Leelavathy and others
Head note
Original Side Rules - Order XXXVI Rule 1, Letters Patent - Clause 15, Indian Succession Act 1925 - Sections 63 & 63(c), Indian Evidence Act - Section 68 -Execution of Will is a solemn act of executant who must own up recitals in instrument - there must be clear evidence that he puts his signature in a document after knowing fully its contents.
Mere fact that signature of a person is proved on a document does not necessarily mean that person who has signed the document has done so after understanding contents of document.
Unnatural disposition excluding the wife and daughters is yet another suspicious circumstance.
Cases Referred:
2001 (2) CTC 744 [S.Thirunavukkarasu v B.Kandasuamy Reddy & 2 ors.]
(2007) 5 MLJ 159 (SC) Benga Behera & anr. v Braja Kishore Nanda & ors
Madhukar D.Shende v Tarabai Aba Shedage AIR 2002 SC 637 : (2002) 2 SCC 85
Janki Narayan Bhoir v Narayan Namdeo Kadam AIR 2003 SC 761
Bhagatram v Suresh & ors. AIR 2004 SC 436 : (2003) 12 SCC 35
AIR 2007 SC 614 : 2007 (2) CTC 172 Niranjan Umesh Chandra Joshi v Mridula Jyoti Rao & ors
2002 (1) CTC 244 : (2002) 2 SCC 85 : (2002) 1 MLJ 181 Madhukar D.Shende v Tarabai Shedage
2005 (1) CTC 443 : (2005) 8 SCC 784 Sridevi & ors. v Jayaraja Shetty & ors.
2007 (5) CTC 318 [J.Mathew (died) & ors. v Leela Joseph]
(2009) 4 SCC 780 [Yumnam Ongbi Tampha Ibema Devi v Yumnam Joykumar Singh & ors.]
(1977) 1 SCC 369 [Smt. Jawant Kaur v Smt.Amrit Kaur & ors.]
AIR 1959 SC 443 [H.Venkatachala Iyengar v B.N.Thimmajamma & ors.]
AIR 1974 SC 1495 [Management Committee, T.K.Ghosh's Academy v T.C.Palit & ors.]
2007(2) LW 870 : 2006 (11) Scale 148 [B.Venkatamuni v C.J.Ayodhya Ram Singh & ors.]
AIR 1996 Mad 442 [Ammu Balachandran v Mrs.U.T.Joseph (died) & ors.]
AIR 2001 MP 250 [Kishan Singh Ahluwalia v Sheela Saxena & ors.]
AIR 1991 Ori. 289 [A.Chandrabati v Laxmi Dei]
(2005) 8 SCC 67 [Pentakota Satyanarayana & ors. v Pentakota Seetharatnam & ors.]
(1994) 5 SCC 135 [Bhagwan Kaur v Kartar Kaur]
(2007) 7 SCC 91 [Adivekka & ors. v Hanamavva Kom Venkatesh (dead) by LRs. & ors.]
Comparative Citations:
2011 (3) LW 774, 2011 (5) CTC 287
Mere fact that signature of a person is proved on a document does not necessarily mean that person who has signed the document has done so after understanding contents of document.
Unnatural disposition excluding the wife and daughters is yet another suspicious circumstance.
Cases Referred:
2001 (2) CTC 744 [S.Thirunavukkarasu v B.Kandasuamy Reddy & 2 ors.]
(2007) 5 MLJ 159 (SC) Benga Behera & anr. v Braja Kishore Nanda & ors
Madhukar D.Shende v Tarabai Aba Shedage AIR 2002 SC 637 : (2002) 2 SCC 85
Janki Narayan Bhoir v Narayan Namdeo Kadam AIR 2003 SC 761
Bhagatram v Suresh & ors. AIR 2004 SC 436 : (2003) 12 SCC 35
AIR 2007 SC 614 : 2007 (2) CTC 172 Niranjan Umesh Chandra Joshi v Mridula Jyoti Rao & ors
2002 (1) CTC 244 : (2002) 2 SCC 85 : (2002) 1 MLJ 181 Madhukar D.Shende v Tarabai Shedage
2005 (1) CTC 443 : (2005) 8 SCC 784 Sridevi & ors. v Jayaraja Shetty & ors.
2007 (5) CTC 318 [J.Mathew (died) & ors. v Leela Joseph]
(2009) 4 SCC 780 [Yumnam Ongbi Tampha Ibema Devi v Yumnam Joykumar Singh & ors.]
(1977) 1 SCC 369 [Smt. Jawant Kaur v Smt.Amrit Kaur & ors.]
AIR 1959 SC 443 [H.Venkatachala Iyengar v B.N.Thimmajamma & ors.]
AIR 1974 SC 1495 [Management Committee, T.K.Ghosh's Academy v T.C.Palit & ors.]
2007(2) LW 870 : 2006 (11) Scale 148 [B.Venkatamuni v C.J.Ayodhya Ram Singh & ors.]
AIR 1996 Mad 442 [Ammu Balachandran v Mrs.U.T.Joseph (died) & ors.]
AIR 2001 MP 250 [Kishan Singh Ahluwalia v Sheela Saxena & ors.]
AIR 1991 Ori. 289 [A.Chandrabati v Laxmi Dei]
(2005) 8 SCC 67 [Pentakota Satyanarayana & ors. v Pentakota Seetharatnam & ors.]
(1994) 5 SCC 135 [Bhagwan Kaur v Kartar Kaur]
(2007) 7 SCC 91 [Adivekka & ors. v Hanamavva Kom Venkatesh (dead) by LRs. & ors.]
Comparative Citations:
2011 (3) LW 774, 2011 (5) CTC 287
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