“Wife outshines uncle in closest legal heir test”: Allahabad HC denies relief to uncle for transferring investigation to CBI in Lucknow Ajeet Singh Murder Case
“According to the ‘closest legal heir test’, the closest or the proximate legal heir of the victim must outshine the next closer legal heir because the administration of justice does not warrant any dispute even on determining as to who would be the ‘legal heir’ to pursue the grievance of a victim, in pursuing a criminal case, which is fundamentally construed to be an offence against the society.”