Varsha Rakesh Sharma v. Rakesh Suresh Sharma Deceased
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; testamentary petition TP; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; widow petitioner Varsha Rakesh Sharma; deceased Rakesh Suresh Sharma; Rule 397(1) and (4) and Rule 396 Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; citation and Collector notice; uncontested petition; legal heir consent affidavit; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; grant effective throughout State of Maharashtra; conditions - account filing and no cross-petition/caveat verification.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Varsha Rakesh Sharma for the properties left by the deceased Rakesh Suresh Sharma and shown in the schedule (Schedule I), having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra as per the Indian Succession Act, 1925; subject to the petitioner filing an account as undertaken in her Oath within the stipulated period, and to office verification before issuance of the grant that no cross-petition or caveat is pending or resisting the petition.