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Simon Sebastian Monteiro v. Sebastian Baptist Monterio - Deceased

Bombay HC16 Jan 2023MPT/189/2022

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Petitioner sought Legal Heirship Certificate for deceased Sebastian Baptist Monterio based on intestate death. Consent affidavits from other heirs were filed. Court found petition in order and allowed its disposal to grant the certificate.

What did the court decide?

Legal Heirship Certificate is to be granted in standard format certifying petitioner and other heirs as legal heirs of deceased.

Simon Sebastian Monteiro Vs Sebastian Baptist… — Succession and Inheritance | Bombay HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

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TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION

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MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 189 OF 2022

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Sebastian Baptist Monterio … Deceased

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Simon Sebastian Monteiro … Petitioner

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Adv. Shailesh More for the Petitioner.

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CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J. DATE : 16th January, 2023

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P.C. :

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The Petitioner seeks the grant of a Legal Heirship Certificate under

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the provisions of Section 2 of the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 in respect of one Sebastian Baptist Monterio (‘the deceased’), who died in Mumbai on 4 th August, 1999. A copy of the death certificate is annexed to the Miscellaneous Petition. It is stated that despite due and diligent search, no Will of the deceased has been found. It is therefore assumed that the deceased died intestate.

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The deceased left behind him surviving as his only heirs and next of kin according to Indian Succession Act, 1925, the persons mentioned in the table in paragraph No.2 of the Petition.

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Manoj Wakle

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The reason for which the Legal Heirship Certificate is required is set out in paragraph No.3 of the Miscellaneous Petition.

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The other legal heirs of the deceased have filed consent affidavits, which are annexed to the Petition.

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No other Petition for Legal Heirship Certificate, Succession Certificate, Probate or Letters of Administration with or without Will annexed has been filed. Therefore, there is no impediment in law to the grant of relief.

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I have heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner as well as perused the said Petition. I find that the same is in order and deserves to be allowed in the interest of justice.

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The Miscellaneous Petition is therefore allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) which reads as under :-

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“a) The legal heirship certificate there by certifying the Petitioner and other legal heirs are mentioned in paragraph no.2 as the recognize legal heirs of the deceased be granted to the Petitioner.”

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The Registry shall issue the Legal Heirship Certificate in the standard format prescribed for the same.

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The Miscellaneous Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

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(ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.)

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Manoj Wakle

Simon Sebastian Monteiro v. Sebastian Baptist Monterio - Deceased

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