HARMINDER SINGH BAKSHI vs STATE & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 05.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on:10.12.2025 + FAO 593/2016 & CM APPLs. 46938/2016, 2810/2023 HARMINDER SINGH BAKSHI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra, Mr. Yashwant Singh Baghel and Ms. Meghna Nair, Advocates versus STATE & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Dubey, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Amit Bhatia, Mr. Shahrukh Khan, Ms. Tanya Verma and Mr. Sushil Gupta, Advocates for Respondent No.2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present appeal under Section 299 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (the ISA), read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (the CPC) has been filed by the second respondent in P.C. No.6/15/05 on the file of the Additional District Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, aggrieved by the judgment dated Signature Not Verified FAO 593/2016 Page 1 of 21 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:10.12.2025 11:45:26 01.10.2016 by which Exhibit PW-1/1 Will executed by his late mother, Sujan Kaur, was held to be valid and genuine. 2. In this appeal, the parties herein will be referred to in the same rank as described in the original petition. 3. The essential facts emerging from the records necessary for the adjudication of the appeal are as follows: - Late Sujan Kaur was the absolute owner of the residential property bearing No. WZ-620, Gali No.19, Shiv Nagar Extension, Jail Road, New Delhi. She was survived by her husband, the petitioner herein, and two sons, namely, late Jasbir Singh, survived by his wife and children, namely, respondents’ nos. 3 to 5, and Harminder Singh, the second respondent. The petitioner’s case is that his wife executed a Will dated 22.01.1996 bequeathing her entire property exclusively in his