What is a privileged will and who can make one in Amravati?

Detailed Legal Analysis

A privileged will in Amravati is a special category available to soldiers, airmen, and mariners engaged in actual warfare or expedition. The Bombay High Court has held that privileged wills relax the formalities of writing and attestation due to the testator's circumstances.

Under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999 and the Indian Succession Act, a privileged will can be oral or in writing without attestation. It can be made by an unwritten declaration before two witnesses.

The privilege ceases when the testator is no longer on active duty and the will remains valid. A privileged will is revoked in the same manner as an unprivileged will or by a subsequent privileged will.