#forged will

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that an administrative order cancelling mutation on grounds of a forged will cannot stand after the petitioner’s criminal acquittal for the same forgery. The Collector must now re-examine the mutation application afresh, with full opportunity to all parties, as the acquittal undermines the factual basis of the original order and upholds the primacy of natural justice in land records.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that courts must direct disputed wills to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad for handwriting analysis, rejecting referrals to private forensic labs. This establishes a binding standard for judicial fairness in testamentary disputes, ensuring uniformity, credibility, and procedural integrity in forensic authentication across civil litigation.