Kill the ambiguity

A notarised death certificate that necessarily has PAN or Aadhaar of deceased should be sufficient

With reference to Harsh Roongta’s article, “Where there is a will, there is a dispute” (August 24), the fact is we have laws so loose and practices so vague that certain parasitic elements — lawyers, agents, land development agencies such as City and Industrial Development Corporation and housing societies — find it convenient to thrive. It is the individual who suffers.

Why can’t the law on wills stipulate a proper format, witness requirements, notarisation etc so that it cannot be challenged and courts can refuse to entertain cases, except in the case of a forgery?  More than 80 per cent of