Executor of a will

siddharth Srivastav (Querist) 29 May 2013 This query is : Resolved
CAN A company ACT as executor of will??UNDER WHICH PROVISIONS??

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Guest (Expert) 29 May 2013
Academic query.

Please state the real problem, if you have any by clearly stating, what concern you have with the company, as a student.

siddharth Srivastav (Querist) 29 May 2013
m nt a student i was when i registered..m working in a company and want to act as an executor of a clients will.but our boss thinks its illegal but i have found many companies which are executors!!!

adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (Expert) 29 May 2013
You cannot be the executor of clients will, at most you can become the scribe.

arunprakaash.m. (Expert) 29 May 2013
Yes Indian Succession Act,1925

Guest (Expert) 29 May 2013
Dear Siddharth,

If you are not a student, you could well have updated your profile in the LCI.

Further, in what capacity would you act as an executor, when not you but the company is named as an executor? As per the definition in the Indian Succession Act, an "executor" means a person to whom the execution of the last will of a deceased person is, by the testator's appointment, confided.

On the other hand a company is an artificial person, which cannot be expected to act on its own as an executor of a will made by a deceased.