Rahat Kumar Son of Kamalsingh Ramteke v. Rajmati Kamalsingh Ramteke alias Rajmati Ramteke alias Rajmati
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction, Miscellaneous Petition No. 362 of 2025 (decided 19 September 2025, Milind N. Jadhav, J.): Petitioner Rahat Kumar, son of Kamalsingh Ramteke, sought a legal heirship certificate under Section 2 of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 in respect of the properties and credits of the deceased Rajmati Kamalsingh Ramteke alias Rajmati Ramteke alias Rajmati. The Court held that the Petitioner is the sole legal heir of the deceased, allowed and disposed of the petition in terms of prayer clause (a), dispensed with issuance of proclamation, and directed the Department to issue the legal heirship certificate within three weeks, subject to compliance of office objections, if any. No precedents cited; no monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
Legal Heirship Certificate to be issued to the Petitioner under Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 certifying that the Petitioner is the only heir and legal representative of the deceased; proclamation dispensed with; Department directed to issue the certificate within 3 weeks; disposal subject to compliance of office objections, if any.