Ashok Babaji Mohite v. Babaji Bapu Mahite (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Legal Heirship Certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; intestacy (no Will found); heirs determined according to Hindu Succession Act, 1956; consent affidavits of other legal heirs; no competing Petition for Legal Heirship Certificate, Succession Certificate, Probate or Letters of Administration; proclamation dispensed with; Registry to issue Certificate in standard format; Bombay High Court, Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous Petition No. 192 of 2025; Coram Arif S. Doctor, J.; decided 09 April 2025; Petitioner Ashok Babaji Mohite; deceased Babaji Bapu Mahite (died Mumbai 09.12.1979); Petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) and disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Legal Heirship Certificate granted in terms of prayer clause (a), certifying the Petitioner Ashok Babaji Mohite and the heirs mentioned in paragraph 4 of the Petition as the only heirs and legal representatives of the deceased under the provisions of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; Registry directed to issue the Certificate in the standard format; issuance of proclamation dispensed with; Miscellaneous Petition disposed of.