Surinder Kumar Grover v. State & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Probate / Letters of Administration; proof of Will by attesting witnesses and scribe; suspicious circumstances - double signatures, blank-paper allegation, folded/mutilated signature, absence of prior draft, missing photograph of birthday function, place of execution (Tagore Park vs Model Town), non-disclosure to husband, exclusion of married daughters; foundation of suspicious circumstances to be laid by objector before reliance at final decision; comparison of signatures with unproved earlier Will dated 06.02.1989 impermissible; Section 68 Indian Evidence Act, 1872; Section 63(b) Indian Succession Act, 1925; Delhi High Court FAO(OS) 91/2018 & RFA(OS) 39/2018; TEST.CAS. 38/2000; CS(OS) 140/1997; judgment pronounced 18.11.2025 (reserved 25.09.2025); bench: Anil Kshetarpal & Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Judgment dated 25.04.2018 set aside; Letters of Administration issued in favour of the Appellant (Surinder Kumar Grover) in respect of the subject Will dated 10.05.1989; partition suit CS(OS) 140/1997 dismissed; FAO(OS) 91/2018 allowed and disposed of; RFA(OS) 39/2018 dismissed (both appeal dispositions as printed in the judgment).