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Thi:s a,stx'.;c 0 1 11.si1sts -of -a .ho.use 01\ 1 P:l:ot :i~o" '20 Block 5 ~IKllJ)I:-T.l STREET MAGOMfilLTI., L --.r os :Salao.m V~"tlDd ·liy the :llliin:'i"t/.;:ry 'o:? ·1ani:ls for estate duty JJU;t\JJOSJ 2t Tsl .:1..:~,0?5-.tooo/- 1 :(two na:fli'On :ru1cl scvc1~ty :five :filloUsc:incl. :shillin[;s}. ·Tho -ctoe:eoA:foGl:, :101dr:.:AME'.D ~tI J:TANER.O is :surviv~a. ·1~~· :11J E ·wife ana 'tm'v,G ~l~ldrOlt:~of~hi~ ~:ttj:'cfrct ·:· 'Ti-icsl/-ti~t; ~~ililc:xcn 0n OS0 'the 0 1 L\l)""')°itntilient ·Of '.$'.::Ju~t-~@~ ~,.tS. -~1'10 aclminisi.Ti.:-/~~a..,-: Oi' ·JG ·Ostato ·b2...,io~ ·1)"oa2.nso of "ho;r c;ontcJ.:,. ·_Tb,(3y also -~~'.l}:Jo.sa ·:the c.is't~ibuti:on 6:i:' :qu.otaa m~t2.akiit_,;~h;~i<~1ii: ·m:adi·ot;;{ho i-lo"OO[l.SCcl w ',( ·ontitled 'tr: f·o:f~•t1io ·~1l-taio ;·'tttni•no'li ·¼♦ ·-Tliis po·sitd.on· -1ms,not rr· i niifafi::het_, 'h,jwever:, :an tie-ii' ·or-aJ. prdsoiJ~•.·x.:.c;;,1 ·-to lho ·•ooU'.lft.. The. r concoaod ·Jf.l1at·;•tf'!;0:'.1~~1r ":~.-_:s,·tt:l'~ ,c tfoc''.: :tc ~.. of -!;he• Cfftd;uc• .o:i:- 'the- ·i ~?tsg~.Thi-s odnoosaion wo.s \just'il'ir:i;:l :iln :ace wclancc ·with :t;.1c cliot~t.O,l ,of Islam. •. ':'J>t. •. • • •• ·. • . ·ai·, -:,:•1 .,_ 'J.t. h ·""-~• it11c -~:\ito.o 'clr.i1 ·.1 •• .Il}.tst)Ll_ lc1:rc¥. . _1vij_ul~L 1'~~~01'~·•:.i:1. CG . .,c .:ro~ctJ.n ~:L 1 ouse :""' them ~pbY-inc; •ott the ;i-i-J.a.~~ l~~·-::;:ii~-~ ::.G.:.J;Jii:::eo'ai:110 1ms'is ;for 1thc appcll-a.rft;l,s obj oo.~ion fui <the :app·oa.nttrent to? -S~~ 1§:A~~ ,as,}~~O-ja~:s't:c~A;r~ .·,o#;.1\t!10 ·;g~tr..~O-~i:r¥1J•f~;l~~iWP~ent "-wf,:\~. ~~~~·~:.· (l~O.rt~ri ·; c¥?:?Pr:4anq<r :r.£'.t!a -lt&o._ :1~~, po:i;r~1>P-9·. t.o/b~ :~:- ·:i;~z~o~ :~P. •_81f1f~~t-~r-j~ 8:'9"G_~to ~of;:, sl:OA<J.~~<¥H~- :'t9:~:·-:1oocl,;~ '@.c1.~,@~m..1c<:'. t•i ,,•~•,i.i...• "'-- : . I ; . ~ . ·1147,0 1:~-r ·:c~'!-P··~~:ii -~Gc9-~~o-~_.11tv .:_ :-··,s,~:::-~E1-~1~1,i- ~~1 . ,..i~.,-~..:>~. :~{ ·"fA:!,/"~,~, J.l, ,_.- •~A •. •;]_ ,, ·.1., • ,. ·, •.:- 't!.~.:•.i. ·~:WP.~.i'l/i?::~~-,:~11.oo_s. ll;Ot ,d9p.on,clt:pn ~or~~~, J:~l'l:1# :s.~.-:thcit ·r 21.. ·shocketl · , 'th·at ~tis ci1~2.ricl has .• • ;"I boon tcloon ~ •,f, • -- by• • •'thG •·•• f • -:tb:roc(" • :2,pl'Hlllc'.'Jits :two of ·whom ·a,e •• • • • •~ l -'" , • •: • .,.... 0 - ( • ", • '• • • '.: • •.~•• •• • • , • r • 't ·womcm. ·. •ilcfoa.~'to' 'this' n~ftJ~~ o:f' ·tJi~"1th:i/~e' "~i):.)Gli'ro.i~s ·was i-;1i:i.o;~d-.QY 0 ,~, .. : . ~J- ..:!.. . t-' ~ 1 :~.. ,~~.:, :,..l ~:~.. : .. ·'-~< ··/. C ·:,.. " ' ., -~ :~ .. i_ •• : - : . ,:-'.: ·,: ~:.:: .-~ ... ~,' -tho d,,coa2,sacl; t:iey axe ~Il the 11 1-Hlc.:.:cn if _.Ji;:ie · doooasocl. 'b:rothe:rr,. :In •, i.11 ..~. -: ~=.L•( u:: ~~ ..,:l,. .. ~: . ~ >. . ': -:. ,' ~-. ~ '~ " ~ ',-:.,:,j •· '.J... ~-~ ;., . .; •· , •·: {.. ~~~(' , V • i•. ••· • '.jl.~; . . . -~ . J.· _L~!'.~~. 1 ·~ :t.J.:. 2 - terms of Isla1:1ic 11'.,'IT or inhoritnnoo, they d.c not rc1ltlc i11. tho so.no croup as tho w.i.c:Ovr, As cr.1ply pointacl out 1.zy tho Court of Appool \ ' ' ' in Sofia 8a;i.d .ru.1c1 .:~usd 1Iciho.r,1od Mw:·.;:i. v • Aw~-~:1. Almocl A1?.0ihli .'111.too others (1Yb:oif;ano A{;, J .,4.) Civil Ar,.~oc'J. No. 2'.,: of 1991 (CA) (unreported) ct p.51 "It is 1JOY0."1.c1 quc,stio.t thc.t in t u sohamo of 1 Islc'Jiti.O si\Ooossion thG pj:·inoiplo of pro:x:imiJIW is a vi tt1lly morlo11.tons ono. It is e-. sc:'11cma thP,t hns hold. :f'o~ om1turios, nncl 0110 ~1<'.t is U?plfor.1Jlo to cJ.11 ol~sas o:t hairs so tht'.t within t:16 J.imits of oaah olc1.ss the 110Dror of bloocl oxoludos :; 10 r:10~0 :roraote." Tho Cour<; of Appeal 1ro11t an to state n,t PP•5 to 6: rt~·., Iolam:t!'- lD.wycr s clistill{:,1.tish throe lf.C:i..10iplo oL.'1.Ssos of ho_i.lrs· anµ tl1is clso hns holes t:l."l..1.-' clown tlrroue:;2:i. t.ho ~oa. Tho fixst principal olc.ar,. is ~ , cc,ilocl *S'A2.Xors 1 .. or .1ICQr2.riio hc::trs· 1.• .-. 1I'ho @ooond • •, . . , ' • ~I ··• ...• ,: ; . • • ; • ~•, . •" • • . "•~ .. • _.. • : is odlad .'RosidUc.1.l'ics" . o~ ·"Asn.bab.11 ,,. , ~ho t:urd •· • •· 1 I ; ~ • • • • • • _... • •> • •- :~~-~s iEJ c:?:~5:~ :G~~I.'~~~\y~. ~ ,"Dtst.s.11.t·. I~n,~os~~ -, · G~mr.ns·· to\··thcso' ol~,sscs is tlic-·-11Ulo .,,} o:::clu- . siaht o:r pQstponoracnt. Tho rule J.lL'Osori1)C'1 i;::<'.:~ Roaid1\.."'Z'ics nro c~~lcd to suooossion o~r ,rl1~0 ~~ >··,• :~ : .. ' '. . . . ··.· .. '.f, ·./ ~. :·: t_'t':,: ,· .. ·:r..,, ·: :· t:1.o~c a:ro no sha:rors Q1' WJ.oro tho inJ.10:l:'i·l;c;l)l:1 astato :"~:j_ ·:£.-- ;.·>~~;·,..,~t:x.: :. ',.,r ,.. -~ ··.:.•··•'":J·~~-:··~.~-. f .• is ncyt o:cl:ic.....ustod. by tho __ shc1Xers, cmcl tho ·Di;stri6t •."•:;~,' ····d,':_ ~,~ .•• ~- -~~ ::, ,:~l•'._ ' :.·. ' .'·.· --~ ~~ ...:". : '-' ~ , : , .,'.>:::· IG.ltc.~·od czo called to suoooasion on'.cy 1,t::cr.:c t·1~e arc ~ •'a. t ~ ." 1r. l, ' '·no 'all<.-ZOJ!S ~- Rhs:td.um-'fose" ' .,, •. . ' l ' .,. ; , , • ",, , •'• ,,.; ' ,., "'< •.. ' ' ' ' ,\ •• ,,.. j I.,• M'• ~ • -~,:-- • ~ < , /.. ;.;.• < 'c• i<~~•: :.;,. In the c,2,s~: imc~<31 oq11.sidor~tio11, ~Dlli ~:if~e,: -'GJ,10 r,c\rs~.!!,iGtrn.tru is tho onzy m,.c .~f, Ji;lw f~st olasss 1-IShc'.J:'oran o:r "Kor0.11.:io hoi;..«au; the th:t'oo a.ppollonts c1o ...... not ..__ oven n.ppcr>..r in tho second clcsti .... .,,:.10"J t-.ppca:r in . -'Ghe tliird class, ot ''Dis-triot kinc1.:cod~·u ·. Fox. '.tho tW0 above r.1m1·bio110s reasons, I find no raerit a.11', . ~GTOllllct.: 't .. , . of .appocl. "'" ' ., ,'.' . which, ' is h~o1?y '. ' ' ," ' .clisnisscd. . ' .• ' ~ • !:' I havo above sti:-/~Gcl ·that,' the appcil~ts' h~vo ooncoci.od -'.;2J.n;~ the window . . . •, '•' ·. .. . •. . . .: . l •.. , ''. . , _. •·. is·entitled. to¼ o:t t:ic ostato of~the deoenscd:~- This l.s -~}10 o'or:rcot position - . - ~- · -~, .- .:·; r· ,_ ._ :. -~ ·. . t -. · ,·· .. :··- _· , I ... ·· • ( ~ , . . , · :·•, ·. in tGJ."m of tho -Qux.'lu soo Chaptor·IV verse 121 Nist:r, or 'll10 ii'omon. The :rost of tho ostato is ~lo:J(J~i.1; iho' ;t~cia·· .,; : ·';':: •.:._,._·n .. ..:~:·· . i1s' cli~isio1/ls hovrovor t·~ .. :'•1·.,.<:.. i· ',:·~-~-~~; np;oii~t~..2 • •• "', done after pcymont ·Qt oll the debts Dric.'t-lecooios.' This is important and mu.st bo followod. in tl:o cU.v£aio1t of ·the :e;,itri.to. - I 'n~<icl.·hnxctly pti11t·, out "that this r asponsibill ty fells ·or•: the &'tmini:str atrix of . thG. ost6.t~. ·' • • ,,, •<' .;,:,.· .. 't ... a Mr, Ncc.sala, loarnoc1. 2..clvooo.tc for tho N.1rrl..1tls.,Gl'atl'ix asked that in tho cliViclinc the ostde of tho doccr.:,sorl,. c.ll house rents that he.cl 1)0011 collGctcd since the death of the clcocascd be includea,. This is as it should beJ the collootcd rents ~c part of the estate of tho c1aoco.,sac1. F.rom the orru. rapresentation 1 -~ho appellants conceded that thoy h2.ll been collaotinc; the rents. They cl.so stated that they 0 had lcopt xoa01'd of the same. Tho oollGotGc1 xcn-!;, -'i;llen forming as I have just st2.:~ocl part of the esta:'liG cit the doccMctl., is su1Jjoot to the quota c.11.ooti,ti~uu mentioned above, The aJ.)l)Glla.nts have asked that they be D.lltwcc1 to retain tho house 21l.cl thc,,t they pcy off the decoasctt. Tho::o is no fundamental o~Jsta.ole -'i;o ~Ghat pr eyer• .£\.11 .,Ghat has to 1Je c1.ono is to have the house ~ qyp,luo.tod 1Jy the 11'.fd,nistry of Le.nc'.s 2-nc\. then have tho share of tho w:i.l1.Clow paid to her in ,ft.~. Thie is AU -~o ho paid ~in instalments. !Cf tho c'.ppcllnnts can pey the sur:1 in lump sum, .,i.:i.on they oe.n retain tho house, Ec_ru...~ n.llowod is for the window to l)cy oZ-.f tho three appellants not in i..."l.Stolmonts shoulct shG ~o choose raicl af·i;cl' ·i;ho appellants hava failed to pey hor off• Tl~ey we Given tho fixst prcfcranco. Should cJri;f of those -'GWO 2.l/t;orna.tives fe..i,l to materinli1;10 £0:i: one reason 9r, another, than tho house be sold and "Gho prooocds d.is•iiri'!Ju·t0c1 in accordance with tho diotatos of ·i;he IIol;y' Qura:n., · I havo mon-'i;ioned a1Jove of tho need to ho.,vc tho house revalued again 1zy "Gb.o Ministry of Lari.els., Tho last YE:lt.1.2.·~io11 done fallowing the inspaotion of tho property on 10th Octo1Jo:i:, 1991 is obviously out of de.to Qonsiclcrinc tho lapse of tir:lo since th~t u.a".;e and tho rate of pr!Opcrty ~pprooi2.tion, in the· oountr.y, n.nd bocxinc in minc1 'What is stated in the vc'.lun:liion l'Gport that the 1Ja1s of "Ghc voJ.w.-'Gion of tho proporty was lltha opon market value." In S1.trJ.t1Dl'Y therefore the appeal is dismisacd with oosts. '-L~)':·••,<{d- YJJJ..r!A m.Ti1Mt'\. JUDGE 26/6/19')t 2_6/0/22. Col'l'lllC lYU:O.ll.lill..1 J • Mr,. IJcasol.n. to~ respondent ,......_. ,._ 3 appell~'lts l)J:escnt Jud[,nent dolivorod. JUDGE