In Brief
A widow claimed retiral benefits of her deceased government employee wife. The respondents (nephews) opposed this claim by producing a will allegedly executed by the deceased on her death bed and nomination forms in their favour. The High Court upheld the will. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, finding the will was surrounded by suspicious circumstances: the testator was critically ill, dying the same day, her signatures did not match authentic documents, and she was medicated on a drip when signing. The Court held that the respondents, as will propounders, failed to discharge their heavy burden of proving due execution. The widow was declared entitled to all retiral benefits as the legal successor.
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