{"id":6067,"date":"2025-11-15T02:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T02:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2025-11-15T02:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T02:58:23","slug":"closure-of-38-years-old-will-dispute-dhc-smt-v-prabha-vs-the-state-and-ors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067","title":{"rendered":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Smt V Prabha v The State and Ors.<\/em>, TEST.CAS. 4\/1987 and CCP(O) 26\/2015 pronounced on 12.11.2025, the Delhi High Court recently brought closure to a case over the Will of late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh<\/em> that had remained pending before courts for 38 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an order passed by DHC, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav<\/em> noted that during the pendency of the case, most of the original parties died and numerous lawyers changed<\/em> and that the delay in deciding the matter exemplified the friction that threatens to erode the public\u2019s faith<\/em> in the justice delivery system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The delay, upon perusal of the case record, can be attributed to various factors, including the conduct of the parties. Such delay not only clogs the justice delivery system, but also drags the parties into protracted litigation. It also gives scope for administrative lapses, ultimately, to the detriment of litigants themselves. Therefore, it is in the best interests of all stakeholders of the judicial system to make their best endeavour towards speedy disposal of their cases,\u201d<\/em> the Court observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stressed that the justice delivery system functions on mutual trust between the Bar, the Bench and the parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Each stakeholder, the litigant, the counsel, and the Court, bear a shared responsibility towards upholding its integrity. Any lapse diminishes confidence in the system as a whole,”<\/em> the Court further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition, originally filed in 1987 by V Prabha<\/em> under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act<\/em>, sought probate for a Will<\/em> executed on November 4, 1985, by the late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh, a former Taluqdar (landowner and tax collector) and Jagirdar (feudal lord) from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The plea was later converted into one for the grant of letters of administration of the Will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singh passed away just three days after executing the Will, which bequeathed several self-acquired properties to five beneficiaries, including Prabha and her family members, who took care of the late Raja after his separation from his own family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, his widow, Savita Kumari, and her sons challenged the Will, alleging it was executed under suspicious circumstances when the testator was terminally ill and mentally unsound. They further argued that the Will involved ancestral properties<\/em> that could not be validly transferred<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After considering the case, the High Court ruled that the fact that the natural legal heirs have been excluded from inheritance in the Will<\/em> also cannot be deemed to be suspicious, especially because the averments in the Will give a detailed explanation of the circumstances under for their exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court further noted that \u201cIt is not a case of unexplained silence in relation to the exclusion of the natural legal heirs, as the Will is self-explanatory. The testator has recorded matrimonial discords that he had with his wife, and that his children were hostile and disaffectionate towards him. In fact, it is stated therein that he had received life threats on various occasions, and consequently, he had moved away from his family. It is stated in the Will that the family of the original petitioner took care of him subsequent to his separation from respondents no. 2 to 4 [Raja\u2019s family],\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, it observed that the Will was \u201cvalidly executed\u201d<\/em> in accordance with Section 63<\/em> of the Indian Succession Act<\/em> and that there was no credible evidence to suggest coercion or manipulation by the petitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the Bench ordered that a letter of administration in respect of the Will be issued for all the bequeathed properties in favour of the petitioners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC In Smt V Prabha v The State and Ors., TEST.CAS. 4\/1987 and CCP(O) 26\/2015 pronounced on 12.11.2025, the Delhi High Court recently brought closure to a case over the Will of late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh that had remained pending before courts for 38 years. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC In Smt V Prabha v The State and Ors., TEST.CAS. 4\/1987 and CCP(O) 26\/2015 pronounced on 12.11.2025, the Delhi High Court recently brought closure to a case over the Will of late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh that had remained pending before courts for 38 years. In […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nupurljlnu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin_nupur\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin_nupur\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin_nupur\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/541bd6f307d62bd5b0998456420750ff\"},\"headline\":\"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\"},\"wordCount\":601,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\",\"name\":\"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/\",\"name\":\"Nupurljlnu.com\",\"description\":\"Nupur Latest Judgements & Legal News Updates\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nupur Latest Judgements and Legal News Upates\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-NUPURLJLNU.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-NUPURLJLNU.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Nupur Latest Judgements and Legal News Upates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/541bd6f307d62bd5b0998456420750ff\",\"name\":\"admin_nupur\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/315560c2c20e337579bddb9dee305cd809bb03b53d52e3722b899cba001abe6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/315560c2c20e337579bddb9dee305cd809bb03b53d52e3722b899cba001abe6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin_nupur\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu","og_description":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC In Smt V Prabha v The State and Ors., TEST.CAS. 4\/1987 and CCP(O) 26\/2015 pronounced on 12.11.2025, the Delhi High Court recently brought closure to a case over the Will of late Raja Pratap Bhan Prakash Singh that had remained pending before courts for 38 years. In […]","og_url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067","og_site_name":"Nupurljlnu","article_published_time":"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00","author":"admin_nupur","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin_nupur","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067"},"author":{"name":"admin_nupur","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/541bd6f307d62bd5b0998456420750ff"},"headline":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026","datePublished":"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067"},"wordCount":601,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067","url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067","name":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026 - Nupurljlnu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-15T02:58:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-15T02:58:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?p=6067#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CLOSURE OF 38 YEARS OLD WILL DISPUTE: DHC: Smt V Prabha vs.The State and Ors\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/","name":"Nupurljlnu.com","description":"Nupur Latest Judgements & Legal News Updates","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#organization","name":"Nupur Latest Judgements and Legal News Upates","url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-NUPURLJLNU.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-NUPURLJLNU.png","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Nupur Latest Judgements and Legal News Upates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/541bd6f307d62bd5b0998456420750ff","name":"admin_nupur","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/315560c2c20e337579bddb9dee305cd809bb03b53d52e3722b899cba001abe6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/315560c2c20e337579bddb9dee305cd809bb03b53d52e3722b899cba001abe6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin_nupur"},"url":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6068,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions\/6068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nupurljlnu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}