Kokila Cheema v. Ranjit Mulraj Paleja
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 — Rules 396, 397(1) and (4); Testamentary Petition; unmarried (bachelor) deceased; sister of deceased as petitioner; consent affidavits of legal heirs; administration bond Form No. 118; uncontested petition; citation affixed on High Court and Collector's Office notice boards; deceased Ranjit Mulraj Paleja; petitioner Kokila Cheema; advocate Anthoney Fernandes; TP/1466/2024; ECHCBM02034482024; Mumbai; decision dated 04th November 2025.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; before issuance of the grant, the office to verify that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.