ANARALI TARAFDAR Vs. OMAR ALI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE property in suit originally belonged to one Meher Ali Tarafdar. Before his death he bad executed a will on 15 -10 -1911. Although Meherali died in November following, probate was not obtained by his widow, Gour Bibi until 27 -6 -1935. By the will Meherali purported to create a life interest in favour of his widow Gour Bibi and after the determination of that life estate the property was to descend to all his legal heirs under the Mahomedan law. After having obtained probate Gour Bibi as executrix obtained permission from the Probate Court for sale of one of the properties which had been bequeathed by Meher Ali. After having obtained permission, Gour Bibi sold this particular plot to Wahed Hossain. The interest of Wahed Hossain was sold on 15 -5 -1940 in execution of a money decree obtained against him. The plaintiff Omar Ali was the purchaser and it is stated that he had obtained possession on 25 -6 -1941, through Court but as he could not get actual possession the present suit was start -ed in March 1944, for declaration of title and for delivery of possession.

(2.) MEHER Ali had three sons and one daughter. Defendants 1 to 6 are the heirs of Belat Ali, one of the sons of Meher Ali Defendant 6 is the widow of another son Asmat Ali. Another son, Entaz is dead as also his son Usuf. It is not possible to ascertain from the present record as to who the heirs of Usuf were but it appears that the parties had proceeded on the basis that Usuf's interest had vested in some or other of the defendants. Arifannessa, the only daughter of Meher Ali, had not been made a party.

(3.) UNDER the Mahomedan law, a Mahomedan cannot by will dispose of more than one -third of his estate unless such bequest in excess of the legal third is consented to by the heirs after the death of the testator.