https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304220 Probate is mandatory under Section 57 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 for covered wills in original civil jurisdiction proceedings of the High Courts at Madras, Mumbai and Calcutta. A beneficiary under an alleged will cannot establish an enforceable estate right or seek impleadment as a plaintiff without first obtaining probate. Separate disputes among rival estate claimants do not remove that requirement. Estate vesting under Section 211 does not assist a claimant who was neither appointed administrator by competent authority nor entrusted by the testator with execution of the will as an executor. Such claimant may be impleaded only as a defendant, not as a plaintiff claiming estate rights. en-us Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:21:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304220 Probate is mandatory under Section 57 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 for covered wills in original civil jurisdiction proceedings of the High Courts at Madras, Mumbai and Calcutta. A beneficiary under an alleged will cannot establish an enforceable estate right or seek impleadment as a plaintiff without first obtaining probate. Separate disputes among rival estate claimants do not remove that requirement. Estate vesting under Section 211 does not assist a claimant who was neither appointed administrator by competent authority nor entrusted by the testator with execution of the will as an executor. Such claimant may be impleaded only as a defendant, not as a plaintiff claiming estate rights. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304220