of the appellants, would submit that admittedly, the suit properties were purchased by Adimoolam . He died before the Hindu Succession Act, 2005 came into force. Even the other properties allotted to him in the partition, in the year 1943, as per the Mitakshara Hindu Law prevailing at that time, devolved on the three brothers absolutely. Therefore, the said Adimoolam had every right to dispose off the suit properties through Will. The Hindu male's right to execute the Will is also expressly enabled under Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Will is a registered Will. All the three attesting witnesses to the Will have since passed away. Therefore, by production of a registered copy of the Will and by examining the relatives of the attesting witnesses and identifying their signatures, the Will has been duly proved. There was delay in filing the suit because the plaintiffs had no knowledge of the Will initially. Only in the year 1996, one of the plaintiffs' aunt had brought to their notice that there is a Will. Even thereafter, the original of the said Will is not traced. Therefore, the plaintiffs have duly applied for certified copy of the Will as it is a registered Will. As per the registered Will, the deceased Jayaraman and his brothers, who are arrayed
