Registered Wills, Oral Family Settlements Valid in Property Inheritance Matters
Recently the SC held that a widow is the exclusive heir to ancestral property by considering a registered Will and an oral family settlement to be valid in the matter of Metpalli Lasum Bai v. Metpalli Muthaiah on 21st July 2025. The widow had long possession and the will was inviolable by any query on the Andhra Pradesh HC that was set aside.