SC Upholds Will Excluding One Daughter; Leading Questions in Cross-Examination Can Prove Attestation

K. S. Dinachandran Vs Shyla Joseph & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) SC Upholds Will Excluding One Daughter; Leading Questions in Cross-Examination Can Prove Attestation The Supreme Court, in K.S. Dinachandran vs. Shyla Joseph & Ors., set aside the concurrent findings of the Trial Court and the High Court and upheld the validity of a registered will dated 26.03.1988, by which a father bequeathed his properties to eight out of his nine children, excluding one daughter who had married outside the community. The excluded daughter had filed a suit for partition, which was decreed by the Tria...