Uma Vijay Swar (Petitioner) v. Vijay Raghunath Swar (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Testamentary Petition 53.TP/112/2025; Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956 (widow's entitlement urged by counsel); deceased Vijay Raghunath Swar d. 09-07-2024 Mumbai; petitioner Uma Vijay Swar (widow); citation published Rule 397(1) and (4) and Rule 396 Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; uncontested; heirs' consent affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; order dated 05-03-2025 by P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty; conditions: account in Petitioner's Oath, verification of no cross-petition/caveat before grant.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner (Uma Vijay Swar) for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule-I of the petition, in prescribed format, as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; conditioned on (i) the petitioner filing an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period, and (ii) the office verifying, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending and no caveat resisting the petition has been filed.