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Ashwini Ashok Jadhav v. Ashok Dattatraya Jadhav (Deceased)

Bombay HC28 Aug 2024MPT/417/2024

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What is this about?

The Bombay High Court allowed a miscellaneous petition filed by a widow for the issuance of an heirship certificate under Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827. The court found the petitioner and two daughters to be the sole Class-I heirs of the deceased husband and issued the certificate, dispensing with the proclamation procedure.

What did the court decide?

Heirship certificate issued certifying the petitioner and her two daughters as the only legal heirs of the deceased husband.

Ashwini Ashok Jadhav vs Ashok Dattatraya Jadhav… — Succession and Inheritance | Bombay HC (2024)

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SANTOSH SUBHASH KULKARNI

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Santosh

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Digitally signed by SANTOSH SUBHASH KULKARNI Date: 2024.09.03 11:06:57 +0530

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION

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MISC. PETITION (L) NO. 23675 OF 2024

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Ashwini Ashok Jadhav.

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...Petitioner

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Ashok Dattatraya Jadhav …Deceased

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Ms. Megha Jani, i/b Vinayak Salokhe, for the Petitioner.

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CORAM: N. J. JAMADAR, J. DATED: 21^st AUGUST, 2024

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PC:-

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Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner.

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This petition is filed for grant of heirship certificate under Section 2 of the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827.

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Ashok Dattatraya Jadhav (the deceased) was the husband of the petitioner. The deceased passed away on 18^th July, 2020. At the time of his death, the deceased had a fixed place of abode at Room No.4, Sai Darshan Road No.1, Borivali (East), Mumbai- 400 066.

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In the petition, it is averred that the deceased died intestate and despite diligent search no testamentary writing or Will has been found. The deceased left behind the petitioner and two daughters Snehal Rakesh Mehta and Prachi Ashok Jadhav, the particulars of whom are furnished

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Order corrected as per order dated 28/8/2024.

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at Sr. Nos.2 and 3 of the table at paragraph 4 of the petition. Apart from the petitioner and two daughters there is no other legal heirs of the deceased. The heirship certificate is required to apply for a liquor licence.

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I have perused the averments in the petition. The documents annexed to the petition lend support to the claim of the petitioner. The petitioner and her two daughters; Snehal Rakesh Mehta and Prachi Ashok Jadhav are the only surviving Class-I legal heirs of the deceased. Snehal Rakesh Mehta and Prachi Ashok Jadhav have filed affidavits giving consent for grant of heirship certificate. I do not find any impediment in granting the heirship certificate.

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The petition stands allowed in terms of prayer clause (a), which reads as under:

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“(a) That a Legal Heirship Certificate be issued under the provision of Bombay Regulation Act VIII of 1827 Certifying that (1) Ashwini Ashok Jadhav (Widow of the deceased and the Petitioner herein), (2) Snehal Rakesh Mehta (Married Daughter of the deceased) and (3) Prachi Ashok Jadhav (Daughter of the deceased), are the only heirs and Legal representatives of the deceased.”

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Issue of proclamation is dispensed with.

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The grant of heirship certificate is expedited.

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[N. J. JAMADAR, J.]

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Order corrected as per order dated 28/8/2024.

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Ashwini Ashok Jadhav v. Ashok Dattatraya Jadhav (Deceased)

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