Supreme Court of India · 2009-02-16
Tilak Raj vs Baikunthi Devi (D) By Lrs
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 2136
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Tilak Raj
- Respondent
- Baikunthi Devi (D) By Lrs
- Author
- Mukundakam Sharma
- Bench
- Mukundakam Sharma, S.B. Sinha
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the appellant's claim to property based on a registered Will executed by his grandmother, Smt. Radhi, under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. The Court ruled that the appellant was entitled to possession of the land, rejecting the respondent's claim based on a prior Will that was not valid. The Court clarified that the error in the Khasra number in the decree did not invalidate the appellant's rights, thus affirming the lower court's decree in favor of the appellant.