Proving Wills of Illiterate Testators and the Limits of Second Appellate Interference

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Case: SARDARI LAL v. BISHAN DASS
Court: Supreme Court of India
Date: 06-07-2026
Law: Indian Succession Act, Code of Civil Procedure, Indian Evidence Act, Registration Act.

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Highlights of the Judgment:

• Analysis of the burden of proof on the propounder to dispel suspicious circumstances surrounding a Will.
• Application of the doctrine of non-traverse under Order VIII Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• Interpretation of Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure regarding High Court interference in concurrent findings of fact.
• Evidentiary value of uninitialed cuttings on registration endorsements under the Registration Act, 1908.
• Effect of alternative and inconsistent pleas in pleadings on the admission of execution of a document.
• The standard of judicial conscience required when an illiterate testator disinherits a natural heir.