Fatima Anthony Fernandes @ Fatima Sebestian Dmello v. Sebestian Dmello (Deceased)
Legal Heirship Certificate – Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Legal Heirship Certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; intestate succession; Indian Succession Act 1925 heirs and next of kin; consent affidavits of legal heirs; no competing petition for Succession Certificate, Probate or Letters of Administration; Bombay High Court, Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous Petition No. 542 of 2024; Sebastian D’Mello (deceased, died 22nd December 1999 at Mumbai); Fatima Anthony Fernandes alias Fatima Sebestian D’Mello (Petitioner); PM Khankar; Arif S. Doctor, J.
What did the court decide?
Miscellaneous Petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (a): issuance of a Legal Heirship Certificate to the Petitioner under the provisions of the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827, with the Registry directed to issue the certificate in the standard format prescribed. ¶23