https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305879 A will surrounded by suspicious circumstances must be proved by clear, cogent and convincing evidence sufficient to satisfy judicial conscience, and the propounder must dispel legitimate suspicion arising from its discovery, attesting witnesses, exclusion of natural heirs, and surrounding circumstances. On the facts stated, the evidence was inadequate: the alleged discovery was unexplained, the attesting witnesses were unreliable strangers, the executors were not examined, and the disposition was unnatural. The will was therefore not accepted as duly proved, so the widow's claim to a half share in the estate survived and the trial court's decree restoring her entitlement was upheld. en-us Mon, 25 Oct 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:33:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305879 A will surrounded by suspicious circumstances must be proved by clear, cogent and convincing evidence sufficient to satisfy judicial conscience, and the propounder must dispel legitimate suspicion arising from its discovery, attesting witnesses, exclusion of natural heirs, and surrounding circumstances. On the facts stated, the evidence was inadequate: the alleged discovery was unexplained, the attesting witnesses were unreliable strangers, the executors were not examined, and the disposition was unnatural. The will was therefore not accepted as duly proved, so the widow's claim to a half share in the estate survived and the trial court's decree restoring her entitlement was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 25 Oct 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305879