Meena Vijay Patel v. Vijay Purshottam Patel
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Testamentary Petition TP 2745/2024; Indian Succession Act, 1925; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980 — Rule 396 and Rule 397(1) and (4); Hindu Succession Act, 1956; widow petitioner Meena Vijay Patel; deceased Vijay Purshottam Patel (died 07/08/2022, Mumbai); citation and notice to Collector; administration bond Form No. 118; legal heir consent affidavit; uncontested petition; Officer on Special Duty P. A. Jagdale; order dated 11th February, 2025; grant conditional on verification of cross-petition/caveat.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Meena Vijay Patel for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule-I, in the prescribed format, under the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file account as undertaken in Petitioner's Oath within stipulated period; office to verify no cross-petition pending or caveat resisting the petition before issuance of the grant.