Quick Summary: Recently, the Delhi High Court decided that Amit Mittal should get the ground floor of a disputed property, following the instructions in a will. Simi Arun Pandeya disagreed with this interpretation and challenged it.
This case is about a family argument over a property at B-102, Swasthya Vihar, Delhi. The disagreement started after Smt. Angoori Devi Mittal passed away, leaving behind a will dated July 3, 1992, which was officially recorded on June 17, 1999. The main question was who should get the ground floor of the house.
According to the will, the property was divided like this:
On May 29, 2025, a judge decided that the ground floor should go to Amit Mittal, since Sh. Surendra Kumar Mittal didn't sell or give it away before he died on September 5, 2019. This was based on the two-step plan in the will.
Simi Arun Pandeya, with her lawyer, argued that the part of the will giving the ground floor to Amit Mittal should not count because it came after an absolute gift to their father. She used examples from the Supreme Court to support her view that the later gift wasn't valid.
Amit Mittal's side argued that the will clearly aimed to fairly split the property between the siblings. They said the will should be considered as a whole, not in separate parts.
The court, with Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, looked at the will and past decisions. They stressed the need to understand the will completely to respect the wishes of Smt. Angoori Devi Mittal.
On December 18, 2025, the court rejected Simi Arun Pandeya's appeal, confirming that the ground floor rightfully belongs to Amit Mittal. This decision shows how important it is to understand and respect the full intentions expressed in a will.
