Jitendra Gangakrishna Damani v. Harshada Labhshanker Joshi (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Probate; testamentary petition; TP/1837/2024; WILL/674/2024; will executed at Mumbai on 18.10.2022; sole Executor Jitendra Gangakrishna Damani; deceased Harshada Labshanker Joshi died at Mumbai 26.04.2023; attesting witnesses' affidavits of Taruna Harshad Pandya and Hitendra Narsinh Paurana dated 20.12.2023; consent affidavit of sister Taruna Pandya absent; death certificate and legal heirs of predeceased sister Vidula L. Joshi not on record; affidavit of service of general citation not found; praecipe; removed from board pending final grant; Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar Mrs. Kavita Y. Ambekar; order dated 06.11.2025.
What did the court decide?
The Registrar recorded that the petition is deficient: the death certificate of predeceased sister Vidula L. Joshi is not annexed and her legal heirs are not mentioned, and the consent affidavit of the other sister, Taruna Pandya, is absent.