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Supreme Court of India · 2005-09-29

PENTAKOTA SATYANARAYANA vs PENTAKOTA SEETHARATNAM .

Citation / case number
SC 2003/23063
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
PENTAKOTA SATYANARAYANA
Respondent
PENTAKOTA SEETHARATNAM .
Author
AR. LAKSHMANAN RUMA PAL
Bench
DR. AR. LAKSHMANAN RUMA PAL

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision dismissing the appeals filed by the appellants against the order regarding the distribution of property as per the registered Will executed by Pentakota Srirammurthy under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. The Court reaffirmed that the Will was valid and binding, and the provisions made for the first wife, Seetharatnam, were adequate for her maintenance. The Court held that the appellants, being children of the second wife, were entitled to the remaining properties as per the Will, thereby affirming the lower court's decree.

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