Unexplained Suspicious Circumstances Can Invalidate a Will; Widow's Property Rights Restored: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that merely proving the execution and registration of a will is not sufficient when serious suspicious circumstances surround its execution. The Court restored the inheritance rights of a widow after holding that the defendants had failed to remove genuine doubts regarding the authenticity of the disputed will. The judgment also reiterates that while exercising powers under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908,…