SULOCHANA DINANATH TARKARTARKAR Vs. ANIL DINANATH TARKARNARINGREKAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Dinanath Harishchandra Tarkar ("Dinanath"; "the testator"; "the deceased") died on 20th January 2001. He left a Will dated 9th March 1981.(Exhibit B, pp. 9-11)

(2.) Dinanath'S first wife was also named Sulochana, the name she was given after marriage. Her maiden name was Sumati Poyrekar. She died on 11th November 1954. She and Dinanath had two children, Anil Dinanath Tarkar ("Anil") and Savita Chandrakant Naringrekar ("Savita"; Snehalata before marriage). Anil was an infant a few days old, and Savita a child of three when their mother passed.

(3.) Dinanath then married the original Plaintiff, his second wife, also named Sulochana, in May 1955. (References in this judgment to 'Sulochana' are, therefore, to Dinanath's second wife.) The original Plaintiff's maiden name was Godavari Ganpath Birje. She was given the name Sulochana on marriage. They had three children, Sunil Dinanath Tarkar ("Sunil"), Harish Dinanath Tarkar ("Harish"), and Nisha Dilip Shivalkar ("Nisha"; Alka before marriage). Dinanath and both his wives came from Devgad taluka in Sindhudurg district.