Inheritance mutation made thru ‘fictitious will’ annulled

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has partially allowed a civil revision, setting aside an 80-year-old inheritance mutation on the grounds that Islamic law prohibits making a “will” in favour of legal heirs. The legal battle originated from a dispute over land owned by the late Din Muhammad in Rahim Yar Khan district. Din died issueless, leaving his estate to be inherited by the descendants of his two brothers, Sama and Jung. The petitioners alleged that Ghaus (predecessor of respondent Sama) sec...

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