Jinesh Bharat Shah v. Bharatkumar Maganlal Shah
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: testamentary petition; TP/2872/2025; E-filing; Company Registrar; Testamentary Registrar; K.Y. Ambekar; 26.06.2025; notice to non-consenting legal heirs; affidavit of service of general notice; Rules 399 and 400, Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980; surety justification; Administration Bond; cross petition; Rule 407; praecipe; final grant; removed from board; Manisha Suresh Pant. Pre-grant compliance directions in a Bombay High Court testamentary matter; interlocutory in nature with minimal citational value; useful for practice/tracking of notice, service, surety and Administration Bond steps before final testamentary grant.
What did the court decide?
First-hearing procedural directions only: office to issue notice (including to non-consenting legal heirs of the deceased, if any); advocate to file affidavit of service of general notice, serve non-consenting legal heirs per Rules 399 and 400 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980, justify their surety and furnish an Administration Bond; office to verify cross petitions (Rule 407); matter removed from board, to be relisted on praecipe when ready for final grant.