In Brief
Smt. Shrutika Doshi executed two wills: one dated 01.03.2013 naming her husband as executor with the appellant as substitute, and another dated 22.04.2013 naming only her husband and his father. The husband delayed applying for probate of the first will for two and a half years, prompting the appellant to seek probate. When the husband later applied for the second will, the appellant filed a caveat. The High Court discharged it, finding no grounds to doubt the second will's execution. The Supreme Court held that the caveat was properly supported: the appellant had caveatable interest as executor of the first will, and the affidavit adequately stated the ground that the first will—registered later—was the true last will.
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