Vispi Shapurji Dastur v. Arnawaz Soli Kerawalla (Deceased)
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Probate — Testamentary Petition 13 TP/1437/2025, Bombay High Court, order of Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar (Mrs. Kavita Y. Ambekar) dated 02.12.2025. Key terms: probate of last Will and Testament dated 04.05.1984; Codicil dated 12.07.1995; sole surviving executor; Percy Homi Italia; deceased Arnawaz Soli Kerawalla (d. 19.06.2008); deaths of executors Maneck A. Gagrat, Vispi Dastur, Rohington Dinshaw Surti; renunciation by The Central Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited (Exhibit 'E'); consent affidavits of legal heirs; handwritten translated Will (Exhibit 'B') versus original typed Will deposited at Sub-Registrar's office; exhibition as 'B-1'; amendment of petition and prayer clause; re-verification dispensed with; verification of original Will on issue of probate; fresh praecipe for final grant; attesting witness affidavit (Pratap Gordhandas Kapadia) not yet found; Affidavit of Service of General Citation dated 18.09.2025.