Smita Chandrashekhar Shevade, Legal Guardian for the use and benefit of Rohan Hemant Shidore v. Hemant Keshav Shidore (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary petition, Bombay High Court, testamentary and intestate jurisdiction; issuance of Grant for property and credits of deceased; petitioner is son of deceased filing through legal guardian (father's sister); ward's disability averred, guardian's appointment order appended; departmental requisition for justification of surety dispensed with; no surety justification required where petitioner is represented by legal guardian; grant directed to be issued to petitioner personally within three weeks; Department to act on server copy; petition allowed and disposed; Milind N. Jadhav, J.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; requisition for justification of surety dispensed with; Department directed to ensure the Grant is issued to the Petitioner himself (rather than the legal guardian) within three weeks, acting on server copy of the order.