Does anybody know whether holographic or hand written Wills by testator himself, confer any additional benefit in India? In many countries such Wills do not require any Witnesses and the only thing that needs to be proved is the handwriting and signature of the testator. Logically it makes sense that since the Will is handwritten so what additional purpose is being served by a Witness witnessing the signature of the testator?
However I am not aware of any such law or case study in India. Then a person taking the pains of handwriting the whole Will himself instead of merely getting it typed, gets no additional benefit in India? The purpose for this query is that in our family recently a hand written Will has been submitted to court for Letters of Administration and any information received here will help in this process.