LIPIKA SUD vs STATE & ANR

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$- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV + TEST.CAS. 32/2018 LIPIKA SUD WIFE OF HEMANT SUD DAUGHTER OF S.N. MAJUMDAR W-26, GROUND FLOOR GREATER KAILASH - II NEW DELHI 110048 ....PETITIONER (Through: Mr. Rajesh Yadav, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Mohd. Umar, Advocate along with Petitioner in person.) Versus 1. STATE THROUGH SDM CHITTARANJAN PARK GNCT OF DELHI 2. HEMANT SUD SON OF LATE H.L. SUD W-26, SECOND FLOOR GREATER KAILASH - II NEW DELHI 110048 ....RESPONDENTS (Through: Mr Samman Vardhan Gautam, Ms Khushi Sharma, Mr.Priyam Tiwari, Ms Anshika Priyadarshini and Ms Pooja Sharma Advocates for Respondent no. 2) Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEHA CHOPRA Signed Signing Date:16.04.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 13:55:10 1 KUMAR KAURAV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % Reserved on: 09.03.2026 Pronounced on: 16.04.2026 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT The present petition has been instituted by the petitioner, Mrs. Lipika Sud, seeking the grant of probate under Section 276, read with Sections 278 and 234 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (hereinafter “the Act”) of the Will dated 08.08.2012 (hereinafter “Will”), stated to have been executed by her deceased mother-in-law, Late Smt. Suraksha Sud (hereinafter "the testatrix"). Respondent No. 2, Hemant Sud, is the adopted son of the testatrix and the husband of the petitioner. 2. The testatrix left for her heavenly abode on 25.08.2012, following an ailment of sepsis and food poisoning. Under the purported Will, the testatrix bequeathed a residential plot measuring 500 sq. yds. situated at Saraswati Kunj, Gurgaon, and Flat No. 503, 5th Floor, Kanchanjunga