Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in India
Validity of Execution of a WILL
A WILL allegedly executed has a blank space in body
meant for date.No dates under signatures of Attestor or those of two witnesses.Identifying witness states he did not go for the Registration when allegedly Registrar signed in endorsement.Infact witness does not know when WILL Registered. Date is endorsed by Registrar in endorsement.
Is the said alleged WILL Probatable?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Validity of Execution of a WILL
There can always be a blank space where a date
is required in the will, but the witnesses should only
give thier signatures when the date was filled in
by the testator. the endorsement of the date by
the registrar is absolutely wrong, as such the
will should not be treated valid. there are other
reasons also for this decision, but this is one of
important point.
Re: Validity of Execution of a WILL
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