SANJEEV CHADHA vs D.P.SACHDEVA AND OTHERS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on:17.10.2025 + FAO (OS) 44/2023, CM APPL. 62495/2024, CM APPL. 21476/2025 and CM APPL. 37702/2025 SANJEEV CHADHA ..... Appellant Through: Mr. S.C. Anand, Advocate versus D.P.SACHDEVA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Arun Singh and Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocates for Respondent no. 2, 3, 4 & 6 Ms. Sumati Anand and Mr. Vaibhav Arora, Advocates for R-5(b) to R-5(e) Ms. Pavitra Kaur and Ms. Shreya Mishra, Advocates for R-7 Mr. Ayush Anand and Mr. Chetanya Baweja, Advocates for Applicant in CM APPL. No.37702/2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant [Respondent No.5(a) before the learned Single Judge] assails the correctness of judgement Signature Not Verified FAO (OS) 44/2023 Page 1 of 9 Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:17.10.2025 15:39:30 dated 26.09.2022 as amended on 06.10.2022, passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Testamentary Case No. 28/2005 [here in after referred to as the ‘Impugned Judgment’], whereby Sh. D.P. Sachdeva, the Respondent No. 1 [Executor/Petitioner before the learned Single Judge], was granted probate/letters of administration in respect of the Registered Will dated 20.05.1993 executed by the late Smt. Basant Kaur, bequeathing her properties in favour of her three sons and one grand-son while excluding one of her sons late Sh. Prakash Lal Chadha, the Appellant’s father [Respondent No. 5 before the learned Single Judge]. FACTUAL MATRIX 2. In order to comprehend issues involved in the present case, genealogy of the family along with brief facts are required to be noticed. For the ease of reference, a genea