Sita Pukhraj Bafna v. Pukhraj Chunilal Bafna (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Testamentary Petition 41.TP/1486/2025; Bombay High Court Testamentary Department; Hindu Succession Act 1956; widow petitioner Sita Pukhraj Bafna; deceased Pukhraj Chunilal Bafna died 18-02-2023 Mumbai; uncontested petition; citation Rule 397(1) and (4) and Rule 396 Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; legal heirs consent affidavits; petition allowed 02-09-2025; Officer on Special Duty P. A. Jagdale; advocate Reshant Shah i/b Lex Conseiller.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner (widow of the deceased) for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify no cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant; petitioner's advocate to upload the administration bond with signature.