https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303709 A will must satisfy the mandatory rules of attestation and proof: at least one attesting witness should be examined to speak to due execution, and the limited use of other evidence arises only when a called attesting witness denies or cannot recollect execution. Registration does not dispense with this proof, and suspicious circumstances must be removed before the document can be accepted. Where the available attesting witness was not proved, the document's unusual features and the propounder's conduct left unresolved suspicion, so resort to other evidence was impermissible. The will remained unproved and the partition decree was restored. en-us Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:12:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303709 A will must satisfy the mandatory rules of attestation and proof: at least one attesting witness should be examined to speak to due execution, and the limited use of other evidence arises only when a called attesting witness denies or cannot recollect execution. Registration does not dispense with this proof, and suspicious circumstances must be removed before the document can be accepted. Where the available attesting witness was not proved, the document's unusual features and the propounder's conduct left unresolved suspicion, so resort to other evidence was impermissible. The will remained unproved and the partition decree was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303709