Shubhangi Manohar Chikhale v. Sandesh Padmakar Luman ...Deceased
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary petition allowed: Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 granted to Shubhangi Manohar Chikhale (stated to be sister of the deceased) for the estate of Shraddha Sandesh Luman alias S. S. Luman (died 25/12/1999 at Palas, Tal. Roha, Dist. Raigad); Bombay High Court Testamentary Department, TP/1347/2024, order dated 27th March 2025 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, OSD; uncontested grant; legal heirs' consent affidavits without reserving rights; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; earlier TP No. 329/2000 by mother-in-law Padmaja Padmakar Luman lapsed on her death; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 cited for sister's entitlement; compliance with Rules 382, 396 and 397(1) and (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; conditions: account as per Petitioner's Oath and office verification of no cross-petition or caveat before issuance of grant.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Shubhangi Manohar Chikhale for the properties left by the deceased and shown in schedule-I of the petition, in the prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, subject to the petitioner filing an account as per the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period and the office verifying, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat filed.