Vishwas Shivram Dhonde and 3 Ors. v. Aruna Shivram Dhonde (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956; unmarried female intestate; sisters and brother as legal heirs; surety bond exemption where all heirs are petitioners; uncontested testamentary petition; citation publication Rules 396 and 397(1) and (4) Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; abatement on death of co-petitioner; Bombay High Court Testamentary Department; deceased Aruna Shivram Dhonde; reliance on Order in TP No. 2918/2023; order dated 07th August, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioners (1) Vaijayanti Jayant Athalye, (2) Ravindra Shivram Dhonde and (3) Rohini Suhas Moghe for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioners directed to file the account as per the undertaking 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.