The court granted probate of the last will and testament of the deceased Madhukanta Dhirajlal Sanghavi to the petitioner, Dilip Ramanlal Sanghavi, after verifying compliance with legal formalities including death certificate, translation of will, and affidavits of legal heirs and witnesses.
Probate issued as prayed.
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msm Before: Shri S. S. Agate Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master
Date : 03rd October, 2024.
CALLED FOR COMPLIANCE :
37.TP/1234/2024 ) Ms. Tulsi Shah, Advocate for the Petitioner. ECHCBM02173972023 ) with ) WILL/439/2024 ) ) P.C.: 1. Perused Petition which is filed online. Heard ) Ld. Advocate for the Petitioner. This Petition is for ) Probate of Last Will and Testament of the deceased ) filed by the Petitioner Dilip Ramanlal Sanghavi ) ) being one of the Executor named under the Will of ) the deceased. Deceased Madhukanta Dhirajlal ) Sanghavi, said to have died at Mumbai on ) 19/04/2022. Copy of Death Certificate is annexed ) to the Petition. Copy of Aadhaar Card of the ) deceased as ID Proof is annexed to the petition. ) ) ) 2. Ms. Tulsi Shah, Advocate for the Petitioner ) submits that deceased left behind her last Will and ) Testament which was duly executed at Mumbai on ) 15/12/2014. The said Will is in Gujarati language. ) The official English translation of the Will is on ) record. ) ) 3. Ms. Tulsi Shah, Advocate for the Petitioner ) submits that deceased was governed under the ) Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It is submitted that ) the husband of the deceased predeceased the ) deceased. Save and except as mentioned in para – ) 9, there are no other legal heirs left by the ) deceased. ) ) ) 4. Petitioner's Oath is filed. The other Executor ) viz. Chandravadan Kantilal Mehta has filed his ) ..2/-
) : 2 : ) Affidavit dated 31st August, 2023 renouncing his ) rights as Executor. Consent Affidavits of four ) married daughters of the deceased as mentioned in ) Para-9 to Petition are on record. Affidavit of ) Shirish Himatlal Shah, one of the attesting witness ) to the Will is filed. Affidavit of service of General ) Citation is filed. All Affidavits are filed online. All ) other legal formalities are complied with. Hence, ) Petition is granted. ) ) 5. Office to issue Probate as prayed after ) verifying whether any Cross Petition or Caveat is ) ) filed. )
Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master
03.10.2024
1 issue framed by the court
Should probate be granted to the petitioner named as executor?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Dilip Ramanlal Sanghavi
State
Shri S. S. Agate
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