https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299727 A will requires strict compliance with Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act: while the testator may sign personally or through another person acting in his presence and by his direction, each attesting witness must himself sign or affix his mark in the testator's presence. The statute does not permit delegation of attestation, so a signature made by another person on behalf of a purported witness is insufficient. Section 68 of the Indian Evidence Act then requires proof through a valid attesting witness; without such proof, the will cannot be proved in accordance with law. On that basis, the appeal failed. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:06:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299727 A will requires strict compliance with Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act: while the testator may sign personally or through another person acting in his presence and by his direction, each attesting witness must himself sign or affix his mark in the testator's presence. The statute does not permit delegation of attestation, so a signature made by another person on behalf of a purported witness is insufficient. Section 68 of the Indian Evidence Act then requires proof through a valid attesting witness; without such proof, the will cannot be proved in accordance with law. On that basis, the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299727