Mere Exclusion of Natural Heirs Won’t Make Will Suspicious, Will in Sister’s Favour Upheld Despite Excluding Wife and Children: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Will cannot be treated as suspicious only because the testator excluded his wife, children or other natural legal heirs from the property. The Court explained that every property owner has a legal right to distribute property according to personal wishes through a valid Will. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Vijay Bishnoi while deciding a long-running…