Gajanan Govind Surve v. Sumitra Govind Surve (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous Petition No. 124 of 2025; decided 25 March 2025 by Arif S. Doctor, J.; Petitioner Gajanan Govind Surve (counsel Ms. Jyoti Badgujar i/by Lakdawala & Company); deceased Sumitra Govind Surve alias Sumitra G Surve alias Sumitra Surve alias S. G. Surve, died at Mumbai on 24 November 2021, intestate (no Will found); Legal Heirship Certificate granted under Section 2 of the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; heirs identified according to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956; other legal heirs filed consent affidavits; no competing Petition for Legal Heirship Certificate, Succession Certificate, Probate or Letters of Administration; Proclamation dispensed with; Registry to issue certificate in standard format; petition allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) and disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Legal Heirship Certificate granted in favour of the Petitioner along with the heirs mentioned in paragraph 4 of the Petition, certifying them as legal heirs / representatives of the deceased under the provisions of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; Proclamation dispensed with; the Registry to issue the certificate in the standard format prescribed.