Sushma Dilip Pednekar Nee Sushma Kusumakar Salgaonkar (Petitioner) v. Kusumakar Shivram Salgaonkar (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Testamentary Petition 43.TP/138/2025; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 — Rule 382, Rule 396, Rule 397(1) and (4); uncontested testamentary petition; citation on High Court and Collector's Office notice boards, Mumbai; notice to Collector; minor heir consent through birth parent/natural guardian (Swara); order in TP No. 2767 of 2023; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; heirs' consent affidavits without reserving rights; deceased Kusumakar Shivram Salgaonkar died 29/05/2003 Mumbai; petitioners are daughters and grandson; grant dated 20th August 2025; directions to file account and verify no cross petition/caveat.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format as per the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioners directed to file the account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.