This order grants a petition filed by Sh. Shirin Soli Contractor and Sh. Adi N. Mehta for probate of the last will and testament of Soli Contractor, executed on 12.07.2019.
Issued of Probate of the Will of the deceased after verification of compliance and filing of necessary affidavits.
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Before: Shri S. S. Agate
Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master
Date : 9th May, 2024.
CALLED FOR COMPLIANCE:
) Mr. Jai Sanyal i/b Wadia Ghandy & Co., Advocate ) for Petitioners. )
) P.C.: 1. Perused Petition which is filed online. ) ) Heard Ld. Advocate for Petitioners. This ) Petition is for Probate of Last Will and ) Testament of the deceased filed by Petitioners ) ) Shirin Soli Contractor and Adi N. Mehta, ) being the Executrix/Executor named under ) the Will of the deceased. Deceased Soli ) Contractor alias Sorab Famoz Contractor alias ) ) Soli F Contractor, said to have died at ) Mumbai on 07.11.2022. Copy of death ) certificate is annexed to the Petition. For ) ) identification proof of the deceased, copy of ) Aadhaar Card is annexed to the Petition. ) ) ) 2. Mr. Sanyal, Advocate for Petitioners ) submits that deceased left behind him last Will ) and Testament which was duly executed ) on 12.07.2019. The said Will is in English ) ) language. ) ) 3. Mr. Sanyal, Advocate for the Petitioner ) submits that deceased was governed under the ) Indian Succession Act 1925 applicable to ) ) Parsis. It is submitted that the parents 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. Consent Affidavits ) of son and daughter of the deceased as ) mentioned in para - 9 are on record. )
09.05.2024
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Mukadam, both the attesting witnesses to the Will are filed. Affidavit of service of General Citation is filed. All the Affidavits are also filed online. All other legal formalities are complied with. Hence, Petition is granted.
Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioners should be granted probate of the last will and testament of the deceased under the Indian Succession Act 1925.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Shirin Soli Contractor and Adi N. Mehta
Shri S. S. Agate
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