Executor of a will

Din Dayal (Querist) 20 October 2014 This query is : Resolved
CAN A TESTATOR , IN HIS WILL, APPOINT THE BENEFICIARY ITSELF AS EXECUTOR OF THE WILL?
PLEASE EXPLAIN THE LEGAL POSITION.

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Isaac Gabriel (Expert) 20 October 2014
The purpose of the will be served only when the beneficiary is identified.

Din Dayal (Querist) 20 October 2014
Thanks for the reply .My query is that once the beneficiary is identified in the will , can the willmaker authorise/ appoint him as executor also .

Satya nand aggarwal (Expert) 21 October 2014
Yes. The executor can be the beneficiary.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 21 October 2014
Yes, he can be appointed.

ajay sethi (Expert) 21 October 2014
there is no bar from appointing beneficary as executor of the will

Devajyoti Barman (Expert) 21 October 2014
yes, beneficiary can indeed be appointed as executor of Will as well.

Advocate Bhartesh goyal Online

(Expert) 21 October 2014
Beneficiary can be appointed executor of will.No bar.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 21 October 2014
Execution of Will: A document by which a person (called the testator) appoints executors to administer his estate after his death, and directs the manner in which it is to be distributed to the beneficiaries he specifies.
A person appointed by a will to administer the testator's estate is called the executor. Therefore, an executor can be a beneficiary and a beneficiary can be an executor vis-a-vis. There is no bar in law for this arrangement.