RAMABAI PADMAKAR PATIL(D)TH. LRS. . vs RUKMANIBAI VISHNU VEKHANDE — C.A. No. 15697/1996

Case under Section III. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010034381996

Filing Date

09-Dec-1996

Registration No

C.A. No. 15697/1996

Diary Number

3438/1996

Order Date

14-Aug-2003

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section III

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.RAMABAI PADMAKAR PATIL(D)TH. LRS. .

    Adv. RAMESH CHANDRA MISHRA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.RUKMANIBAI VISHNU VEKHANDE

    Adv. A. S. BHASME (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-Aug-2003

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 22-Jul-2003

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 09-Dec-1996

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 15697/1996

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Ramabai Padmakar Patil v. Rukminibai Vishnu Vekhande The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and upheld the will dated 5.4.1976 executed by Yamunabai in favor of her widowed daughter Ramabai, finding it genuine and natural given Ramabai's circumstances—she had been widowed young and cared for her mother for 20+ years while other daughters lived with their husbands. The Court held that excluding natural heirs is not inherently suspicious when justified by facts, and the testator's advanced age and physical infirmities do not prove mental incapacity. However, since Madhav died after the Hindu Succession Act came into force, Yamunabai held only 1/8th share (not the entire property), so Ramabai inherited only that 1/8th share through the will, plus her own 1/8th share as a legal heir. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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