Himanshu Rameshchandra Upadhyay v. Rameshchandra Dahyabhai Upadhyay (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Legal Heirship Certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; Bombay Regulation Act VIII of 1827; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous Petition No. 159 of 2025; intestate succession — no Will found after diligent search; heirs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956; consent affidavits by other legal heirs; Registry verification; no competing probate/succession/LA petition; certificate to issue in standard format subject to office requisitions; no order as to costs; Arif S. Doctor, J.; deceased Rameshchandra Dahyabhai Upadhyay died at Mumbai on 18 September 2007; petitioner Himanshu Rameshchandra Upadhyay (spelled Hemanshu in prayer clause).
What did the court decide?
Grant of a Legal Heirship Certificate under the provision of Bombay Regulation Act VIII of 1827 in terms of prayer clause (a), certifying the petitioner (son of the deceased) and all other legal heirs in Para 4 as legal heirs and legal representatives of the deceased; Registry to issue the certificate in the standard format prescribed, subject to compliance of office requisitions; petition disposed of with no order as to costs.