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.