Pervin Rohinton Wadia v. Arnoo Homi Cooper (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Testamentary Petition; Bombay High Court Original Side / Testamentary Department; unmarried deceased; niece (paternal aunt's daughter) as petitioner; heir consent affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; citation publication Rule 397(1) and (4) BHC (O.S.) Rules 1980; notice to Collector Rule 396 BHC Rules; uncontested petition; no caveat or cross petition; verification before issuance of grant; deceased Arnoo Homi Cooper; petitioner Pervin Rohinton Wadia; advocate Huzan Bhumgara i/b Desai & Diwanji.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; before issuance of the grant, the office to verify that no cross petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.