Anand Yogendra Desai v. Yogendra Harilal Desai
Case brief
What is this about?
Probate; Testamentary Petition TP/2190/2024 (E-filing); Will dated 15.01.2017; testator Yogendra Harilal Desai died 06.04.2023 Mumbai; sole Executor petitioner Anand Yogendra Desai; attesting witnesses Gayatri P. Desai and Sunali P. Desai affidavits dated 18.01.2024; widow's consent affidavit; affidavit of service citation daughter-in-law and two grandsons not clear; affidavit of service general citation not filed; praecipe for final grant; Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar Mrs. K. Y. Ambekar; decided 07.08.2025; interim directions, no final grant.
What did the court decide?
No final grant of probate made. Interim administrative directions: counsel to take steps to cure the unclear affidavit of service of citation on the daughter-in-law and two grandsons, and to file the missing affidavit of service of general citation; thereafter to file praecipe to have the petition placed on board for final grant when ready.