In Brief
Manju Puri appealed the rejection of her application to revoke probate of a will executed in 1982. The probate was granted without issuing citation to legal heirs. Puri filed her revocation application in 2011, 29 years later, but only upon discovering the probate from court records. The High Court had rejected it citing inordinate delay. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding that the delay is not fatal when the applicant had no prior knowledge of the probate proceedings and filed immediately upon discovery. The Court set aside the High Court's finding of unreasonable delay.
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