Priti Padmanabhan Nair v. Jai Padmanabhan Nair
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous Petition No. 480 of 2025; revocation and cancellation of Grant; alleged forged signature of Petitioner Priti Padmanabhan Nair; Grant covered properties exclusively owned by Petitioner and her mother; deceased K. M. Padmanabhan; Respondent Jai Padmanabhan Nair refused to accept service and stayed absent despite service by Court notice, Email and Whatsapp and affidavits of service dated 01.10.2025; Court declined to wait endlessly for absent litigant and passed orders; Petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (a); original Grant to be deposited in Department within one week of intimation; decided by Milind N. Jadhav, J. on 05.12.2025; disposal on default of appearance rather than merits of forgery allegation; no statutory provisions or precedents cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Revocation and cancellation of the Grant in terms of prayer clause (a), with a direction to the Respondent to deposit the original Grant in the Department within one week of intimation by the Petitioner's Advocate.