Kiran Vasudeo Karmarkar v. Ravindra Balbhim Karmarkar (Deceased)
Testamentary Petition – Letters of Administration – Indian Succession Act, 1925
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department, 26.TP/1463/2024, decided 21st April 2025 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty. Uncontested petition for Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 granted to Kiran Vasudeo Karmarkar, cousin brother and sole heir of deceased Ravindra Balbhim Karmarkar alias R. B. Karmarkar (died unmarried 08-01-2018, Mumbai); administrative bond exemption based on TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 (28.02.2023) and TP/2918/2023; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 invoked; citation publication and Collector notice per Rules 397(1),(4) and 396, Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; delay explained vide Rule 382; Advocate Ms. Tanmayee Salekar for petitioner; conditions: account by Petitioner's Oath, verification of no cross petition/caveat, withdrawal of Judge's order JOT(L)/31645/2024.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner exempted from furnishing the administrative bond; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in a Petitioner's Oath within stipulated period; before issuance of the grant the office to verify that no cross petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed; Advocate for the petitioner to withdraw the Judge's order No. JOT(L)/31645/2024 as no purpose of filing that proceeding survives.