Dr Tanay Vasant Joshi v. Sheela Satish Joshi
Case brief
What is this about?
Original-side probate grant before the Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar (Mrs. K. Y. Ambekar), dated 19.03.2025, in Testamentary Petition 8 TP/1565/2024 (E-filing). Executors Dr. Tanay Vasant Joshi and Manoj Arvind Purohit sought probate of the English-language Will of Sheela Satish Joshi executed at Mumbai on 06.09.2021; testatrix died at Mumbai on 21.07.2023 leaving nephews and nieces as heirs, with consent affidavits on record. Attesting-witness affidavit (Rewati Manoj Purohit, 16.01.2024), citation-service affidavits (12.12.2024 and 21.05.2024) and petitioner's oath filed; formalities held complete, petition allowed, and Office to issue probate subject to verification of no cross-petition or caveat.
What did the court decide?
Grant of probate of the last Will and Testament of deceased Sheela Satish Joshi to the executor-petitioners Dr. Tanay Vasant Joshi and Manoj Arvind Purohit; Office to issue Probate as prayed after verifying that no cross petition or caveat is filed.