Overview
- A bench of Justices M. S. Sonak and Advait Sethna dismissed the daughter's plea after identifying suspicious and doubtful circumstances around the 1987 Will.
- The order withholds administration of a Bandra property the mother had purported to bequeath to the daughter and two sons.
- Two brothers left out of the 1987 Will, though named in their father's 1976 Will, questioned its genuineness and alleged undue influence.
- The judges held the propounder had a legal duty she failed to meet by not satisfying the court's conscience on the Will's validity.
- Noting a recurring 'family saga' of dueling Wills, the court said prolonged inheritance fights undermine the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam ideal and should be curtailed.