(1.) Heard the Counsel for the appellants and the respondents.
(2.) The parties are referred to by their rank before the trial court for the sake of convenience.
(3.) The appellants were the defendants before the trial court. The suit was filed by the respondents for a declaration that the will executed by one Raghu K. Shetty dated 14.5.1978 in favour of the plaintiffs and the first defendant, the widow of the said Shetty was valid and genuine and for a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from alienating or dealing with the assets of the testator contrary to the terms of the will and for a further declaration that the gift deed dated 27.1.1983 executed by the first defendant in favour of the second defendant as invalid.