Sairaj Prakash Shetty v. Sujatha Prakash Shetty (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Legal Heirship Certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VII of 1827; Section 15(a), Hindu Succession Act 1956; intestate succession; death at Mumbai 15 May 2021; proclamation dispensed with; consent affidavits of husband and son; settlement deed dated 25 May 2004; land records updation; Sujatha Prakash Shetty (deceased); Sairaj Prakash Shetty (petitioner); Shradha Worlikar; Kamal Khata, J.; Bombay HC Miscellaneous Petition 182 of 2025; order dated 27 June 2025.
What did the court decide?
Legal Heirship Certificate granted in favour of the Petitioner (alongwith the other persons named in the table at paragraph 4 of the Petition); Petitioner declared legal heir and legal representative of the deceased Sujatha Prakash Shetty; requirement of proclamation dispensed with; Petitioner undertakes to compensate any party prejudiced or affected by the Order; parties to act on an authenticated copy.