Kabir Ashok Lulla v. Thakur Lachman Lulla (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Bombay High Court Original Side — Testamentary Department; Officer on Special Duty Shri P. A. Jagdale; TP 2091/2025; deceased Thakur Lachman Lulla died 07-10-2010 at Pune unmarried; petitioners Kabir Ashok Lulla and Amrita A Singh (nee Amrita Ashok Lulla) as nephew and niece entitled; citation Rules 396 and 397(1) & (4), Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; delay explained Rule 382; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; legal heirs' consent affidavits; uncontested petition; allowed on 06th August, 2025; account per Petitioner's Oath; office to verify no cross-petition or caveat before grant.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners for the scheduled properties of the deceased under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; subject to (i) the petitioners filing an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period, and (ii) before issuance of the grant, office verification that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition has been filed.