High Court Exercising Probate Jurisdiction Has Constitutional Power to Order Investigation into Irregularities in Estate: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that a High Court exercising probate jurisdiction under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 has the power to direct a police investigation if serious irregularities or fraudulent activities are noticed during administration of a deceased person’s estate. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale while upholding the Bombay High Court’s decision ordering a court-monitored police investigation into…
