Gopalakrishnan's Law of Wills

Dealing with Wills of all Communities Including Exhaustive Case Law alongwith
Model Forms of Wills and Relevant Statutes
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Description
The Eleventh Edition of Gopalakrishnan Law of Walls is before the readers. The subject has always remained important for civil law practitioners and the law on the subject continues to evolve with time. While updating the case-law on the subject, we have made sure that the principles already settled are not repeated in the text of the book. In the Tenth Edition, there were 87 Chapters in the book. They seemed to be too many in number. We have merged the contents of Chapters which were covering the same subject for our readers' convenience. The number of Chapters are now reduced to 53. This exercise of reducing the number of Chapters by merging the contents of related topics would help in locating with ease the relevant contents which were spread out in different Chapters are different parts of the book in the previous editions of the book. Notable developments on the subject are two judgments of the Supreme Court. One is Lynette Fernandes v Gertie Mathias,' whereby the Limitation Act has been made applicable to an application seeking revocation of grant of probate and it has been held that Article137 of Limitation Act will apply to such cases. Second, in Vinedohvandru Sakarlal Kapadia » State of Gujarat, the Supreme Court has held that testamentary disposition of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist is against the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural lands Act, 1948. Besides the above, the law on proving a Will and suspicious circumstances surrounding the execution of Will is ever evolving with different factual contexts and the same is updated thoroughly All legal developments on every subject covered in the book have been incorporated
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Contents
Chapter 01  :  Introduction
Chapter 02  :  Succession
Chapter 03  :  Statutory Law
Chapter 04  :  "Will” Defined
Chapter 05  :  Kinds of Wills
Chapter 06  :  Nature of the Will
Chapter 07  :  Domicile
Chapter 08  :  Freedom of Testation
Chapter 09  :  Competence to Make a Will
Chapter 10  :  Execution of Will
Chapter 11  :  Requisites of a Valid Will
Chapter 12  :  Proof of a Will
Chapter 13  :  Suspicious Circumstances
Chapter 14  :  Will by Incorporation
Chapter 15  :  Informal Wills
Chapter 16  :  Time when Will Speaks
Chapter 17  :  Revocation of Will
Chapter 18  :  Wills by Done of Power
Chapter 19  :  Republication
Chapter 20  :  Alterations
Chapter 21  :  Who Can Take Under a Will
Chapter 22  :  Mohammedan Law of Wills
Chapter 23  :  Mohammedan Law of Wakfs
Chapter 24  :  Hindu Law of Wills
Chapter 25  :  Hindu Conception of Charity
Chapter 26  :  Construction of a Will
Chapter 27  :  Mistakes and Misdescriptions
Chapter 28  :  Important Doctrines on Will
Chapter 29  :  Subject of a Will
Chapter 30  :  Contradictions
Chapter 31  :  Extrinsic Evidence
Chapter 32  :  Onerous, Void and Implied Bequests
Chapter 33  :  Gift to Charity
Chapter 34  :  Class Gifts: What is a Class Gift
Chapter 35  :  Gifts on Conditions
Chapter 36  :  Gift-over on the Happening of a Condition Subsequent
Chapter 37  :  Gift-over to Survivors
Chapter 38  :  What may be Disposed of by Will
Chapter 39  :  Alternative and Substitutional Gift
Chapter 40  :  Legacies
Chapter 41  :  Perpetuiry
Chapter 42  :  Rule Against Accumulations
Chapter 43  :  Contingent Interest
Chapter 44  :  Conditions in Restraint of Alienation
Chapter 45  :  Ademption, Meanings of
Chapter 46  :  Protection to Property of Deceased
Chapter 47  :  Executor or Administrator
Chapter 48  :  Representative Title to Property of Deceased on Succession
Chapter 49  :  Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased
Chapter 50  :  Practice in Granting and Revoking Probates and Letters of Administration
Chapter 51  :  Grant of Succession Certificate
Chapter 52  :  Limited Grants
Chapter 53  :  Payment and Apportionment of Annuities
Referendum 
Forms & Precedents 
Appendices
Subject Index
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Author Details
S.K. Sarvaria, LL.M, LL.B., B.A. (Hons.) Former District and Sessions Judfe, Delhi (NW) President, New Delhi Consumer
Disputes Redressal Forum
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