Succession Certificate- review of High court Verdict
I am a 61yr old widow (unemployed &studied only upto 9th class). I got married 9 years ago in a temple and got the marriage registered as per Hindu marriage law. It was first marriage and my husband's second marriage (after his first wife's demise). Unfortunately my husband died in an accident within 9 months of our marriage. He was hospitalized for 3 months during which I spent all my savings on the hospital bills and whatever my parents left behind for my life's security. I later realized that he did not add my name in his list of nominations in such a short span. I do not have any children with him. However, He has two children from his first marriage. (Both of them were minors at the time of our marriage). Due to their uncle's instigation, they turned me out of my marital home, I had absolutely no money and nowhere to live after the demise of my parents. My aged brothers are supporting me for my livelihood.
I applied for a Hindu succession certificate in the trial court of Parli Vaijyanath (Beed Dist, Maharashtra) to claim my share of my deceased husband's final settlement amount and the accident claim. It has been 9 years of back and forth in this succession case. We got a positive judgement in the trial court, however, my step children along with their paternal uncle appealed with the district court and they won. I further appealed in the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court and my marriage certificate was rejected by both the district court and High court (single bench judge pronounced the verdict) because the opposite lawyer claimed that there was no sapthapadi marriage (traditional marriage). I have all supporting documents to prove my stand of traditional marriage (photos and temple receipt) because we got married in Karnataka. My registered marriage certificate has a witness signature from the opposite party (children's paternal uncle) who attends the court proceedings instead of them.
My question:
If I apply for a review petition in the High court with the documentation I have, will I succeed or not? Within how many days from the judgement should I apply for a review? Please help.
Asked 8 years ago in Civil Law