https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184177 A statement by a deceased person was treated as admissible under Section 32(3) of the Indian Evidence Act because it was against her proprietary interest and was shown, from surrounding circumstances, to have been made consciously. Later recitals in a gift deed carried less evidentiary value as self-serving material and did not displace the earlier statement. On the evidence as a whole, the son was held to have died after his father, so the appellant's succession case failed substantially. The decree was nevertheless modified to grant the appellant a half share in one specified item of property. en-us Wed, 24 Aug 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:59:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184177 A statement by a deceased person was treated as admissible under Section 32(3) of the Indian Evidence Act because it was against her proprietary interest and was shown, from surrounding circumstances, to have been made consciously. Later recitals in a gift deed carried less evidentiary value as self-serving material and did not displace the earlier statement. On the evidence as a whole, the son was held to have died after his father, so the appellant's succession case failed substantially. The decree was nevertheless modified to grant the appellant a half share in one specified item of property. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Aug 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184177