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Bajaj Auto Ltd vs Tvs Motor Company Ltd on 16 September, 2009

Insofar as the onus of proof is concerned, it is held in that judgment, referred to above, that onus of proof by a party would cease, the moment, the opposite party admits the transaction. In this case, the onus of proof is on the defendants to prove the execution of the Will, that has been denied by the plaintiffs. Once defendants are able to prove the Will to the satisfaction of the court, the suit filed by the plaintiffs will be dismissed and there is no necessity to go into the further aspects of the matter, by letting evidence by the plaintiffs.
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Krishnakumar vs V.Seethalakshmi on 7 January, 2013

''7. The case of the defendants is that, Narayana Asari did not die intestate and he executed a Will in favour of his son Subramaniam, viz., the father of the defendants. Therefore, as per the provisions of Order 18, Rule 1 of C.P.C., both the parties, viz., the plaintiffs and the defendants admitted the fact that the properties belonged to Narayana Asari and this fact has to be taken into consideration and the other denial, regarding the succession to the property cannot be taken into consideration to decide whether the defendants are admitting the case of the plaintiffs are not. If the arguments of the learned counsel for the revision petitioners is to be accepted, for attracting the provisions of Order 18, Rule 1, that the defendants ought to have admitted the facts, alleged in the plaint, then, there is no need for any trial and the Court can straightway pass a decree. What the order requires is, whether the defendants admitted the basis of the claim of the plaintiffs. In this case, the basis of the claim of the plaintiffs is that the property belonged to Narayana Asari. That fact admitted by the defendants. If the defendants claimed that the property did not belong to Narayana Asari or Narayana Asari has no absolute estate over the property, in that case, it cannot be stated that the defendants have admitted the case of the plaintiffs. Therefore, having admitted the fact that the property belongs to Narayana Asari, the first condition, as stated in Order 18, Rule 1 has been satisfied and when the defendants pleaded right over the property, under the Will, they will have to prove the Will. Therefore, the Court below has rightly directed the defendants to lead evidence, in the first instance.
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