JUDGEMENT
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(1.)THE petitioner in WP(C) No.6127/2010 has filed this
application seeking review of the order dated 20th April, 2011 passed by
this Court dismissing the writ petition by giving liberty to her to challenge
the order of injunction passed by the probate Court in an appeal to be
preferred under Order 43 Rule 1(r) of the Code of Civil Procedure and also
refusing to entertain the writ petition praying for declaration that the Will,
which is sought to be probated in the probate proceeding is a
manufactured, shame, colourable, collusive and fake document, as the
said question cannot be gone into in a writ proceeding, which requires
examination of evidences and as such, conveniently be gone into by the
probate Court while deciding the probate proceeding instituted by the
respondent No.4.
(2.)THE facts relevant for the purpose of consideration and disposal of the review petition may be noticed as under:-
The respondent No.4 in the writ petition as well as in the
review petition filed an application under Section 276 of the Indian
Succession Act, 1925 (in short, "the Act") seeking probate of a Will,
allegedly executed by Soumendra Mohan Mukherjee, in the Court of the
learned District Judge, Sonitpur at Tezpur, which was registered and
numbered as Misc. (P) Case No.36/2010. An application seeking injunction
under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 CPC was also filed,
which was registered and numbered as Misc. (J) Case No.37/2010. An ad-
interim order of injunction was passed on 20th March, 2010. The petitioner
on receipt of the notice entered appearance and filed the objections in
both the aforesaid two proceedings objecting the prayer for grant of
probate as well as the prayer for issuance of injunction. In the objection
filed against the prayer for grant of probate, the petitioner inter-alia
contended that the Will is manufactured one; was not executed as
required under the provisions of the Act; that the Will was drafted after
the death of Soumendra Mohan Mukherjee and is a fabricated document
and has been manufactured by the applicant seeking probate of the Will;
that the marriage between Soumendra Mohan Mukherjee, the testator,
and Mitra Mukherjee (respondent No.4) is hit by the provisions of Section
11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding the execution of the Will. In the show cause
filed by the review petitioner against the prayer for injunction, amongst
others, it has also been contended that the probate proceeding being not
a suit, no temporary injunction under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with
Section 151 CPC could be granted and as such, entertainment of such
injunction petition and grant of ad-interim injunction is wholly without
jurisdiction.
The probate Court upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties made the ad-interim injunction absolute vide order dated 24th
September, 2010. The review petitioner thereafter, filed the writ petition
challenging the legality and validity of the ad-interim order of injunction
dated 20th March, 2010, order dated 24th September, 2010 making the said
order absolute, passed in Misc. (J) Case No.37/2010. The review petitioner
also prayed for quashing the Will as manufactured, shame, colourable,
collusive and fake document apart from the probate proceeding initially
registered as Misc. (P) Case No.36/2010, and was reregistered as T.S. (P)
No.43/2010.
(3.)THIS Court upon hearing the learned counsel appearing for the parties, vide order dated 20th April, 2011 dismissed the writ petition as an
appeal lies against the order of injunction and the question as to whether
the Will is manufactured, shame, colourable, collusive or fake document
cannot be gone into in a writ proceeding, as for determination of the said
question of fact, evidence is required to be led, which can conveniently be
done by the probate Court.
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