Smt Bimla Devi vs The State & Ors on 6 May, 2025
40. Lastly, the appellant's counsel's plea that the Will was executed
under suspicious circumstances due to the attesting witnesses'
relationship with the beneficiary is also legally unsustainable. Apart
from inviting reference to the passage from the decision in the matter
of Kavita Kanwar v. Pamela Mehta (supra), the Supreme Court in the
case of Anand Burman v. State (supra) has held that even a
beneficiary could also be an attesting witness and mere relationship
does not disqualify a person, unless malafides or undue influence is
demonstrated.