Pranjal Sunil Wagh v. Sunil Govind Wagh (Deceased)
Legal Heirship Certificate – Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827, Section 2
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (OOCJ), Miscellaneous Petition No.252 of 2025, decided 29th April 2025 by Arif S. Doctor, J.; grant of Legal Heirship Certificate under Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 for deceased Sunil Govind Wagh (died intestate, 15th January 2019, Mumbai); heirs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956; no competing probate/succession petition; petition allowed, certificate to issue in standard format, proclamation dispensed with.
What did the court decide?
Miscellaneous Petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (a): issuance of a Legal Heirship Certificate under the provisions of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 certifying the Petitioner, together with the heirs listed in paragraph 4, as the only heirs and legal representatives of the deceased; Registry to issue the certificate in the standard format; proclamation dispensed with; petition thereafter disposed of.