Delhi HC allows Parmar to inspect father's will
New Delhi, May 13 -- The Delhi High Court allowed Padmaja Kumari Parmar to inspect the February 2025 will of her late father, Arvind Singh Mewar, which exclusively bequeathed his property to her brother Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar.
Mewar, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Udaipur, died in March 2025 at City Palace, Udaipur.
Following his death,Parmar moved the Bombay High Court in September 2025, seeking a grant of letters of administration to administer her father's estate. She argued that she was unaware of any valid testamentary document executed by her father and contended that the two documents presented did not constitute legally valid wills . She argued that the estate should therefore devolve in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
Parmar questioned the authenticity of the February 7, 2025 will, contending that it was highly doubtful whether such a document had ever been genuinely executed by her father, because it disinherited his daughters, his ailing widow and left the entire estate exclusively to Lakshyaraj Singh.
Lakshyaraj Singh approached the Rajasthan High Court in December 2025, seeking letters of administration based on the February 2025 will, claiming his father had named him the sole heir .
Due to the multiplicity of proceedings, the Supreme Court transferred all related cases to the Delhi High Court on December 18, 2025, for consolidated adjudication.
A bench headed by Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed Parmar's suit on March 17 as not maintainable, observing that all objections she raised against the will produced by her brother could be agitated in the testamentary proceedings he initiated. Following this, a division bench admitted her appeal against the March 17 verdict.
Joint Registrar (Judicial) Dr Jagminder Singh on May 4, permitted the inspection on May 15.
The order was passed in an application filed by Parmar seeking inspection of the original will dated February 7, 2025. In her application, filed in Lakshyaraj Singh's suit, Parmar, through her advocates Chaitanya Kaushik and Kunal Dutt, asserted that since the will itself had been challenged, examination of the original document was essential.
This followed an agreement that Parmar could inspect the original will filed by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, along with a handwriting or forensic expert on the scheduled date, subject to the condition that neither she nor the expert would take photographs of the will during the inspection.
Parmar's counsel further submitted that if photographs became necessary, appropriate legal remedies would be pursued, and the handwriting expert's name would be intimated to Lakshyaraj Sinbgh's counsel at least one day before the inspection.
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar's counsel did not object to the arrangement....
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