Surraiya Aquil Ahmed Shaikh v. Aquil Ahmed Baney Shaikh (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: legal heirship certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; Appendix; sole legal heir; heirship; succession; Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; proclamation dispensed with; Surraiya Aquil Ahmed Shaikh; Aquil Ahmed Baney Shaikh alias Akilahmed Banneyahmed Shaikh; Prashant Sarwankar. Single-judge Bombay High Court order allowing Miscellaneous Petition No. 355 of 2025 and directing the Department to issue the heirship certificate within three weeks.
What did the court decide?
Legal heirship certificate in the form of the Appendix of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 granted to the Petitioner Surraiya Aquil Ahmed Shaikh, declaring her as legal heir of the deceased Aquil Ahmed Baney Shaikh alias Akilahmed Banneyahmed Shaikh; issuance of proclamation dispensed with; Department directed to issue the certificate within 3 weeks; disposal subject to compliance of office objections, if any.