Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Mohammedan Law | Oral Will Exceeding 1/3rd Estate Void Without Heirs' Consent : Bombay HC Upholds Statutory Limit
Bombay HC rules that under Mohammedan Law, an oral will bequeathing more than one-third of the estate is invalid without the consent of all legal heirs. The court dismissed the caveat, reinforcing the statutory limit on testamentary dispositions to prevent disputes among heirs.