Priya Kiran Thakur Nee Sangeeta Ramakant Tirodkar v. Sunil Ramakant Tirodkar
Case brief
What is this about?
Presumption of death; Section 111, Bhartiya Sakshya Adhinimay 2023 (spelling as printed; i.e., Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023); declaration of presumed death of missing/untraceable legal heir for succession purposes; Letters of Administration; Testamentary Petition; Bombay High Court Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; consent affidavit of co-heir; grant of Letters of Administration effective throughout the State of Maharashtra; 4-week timeline for issuance by Department.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the Petitioner having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra; Department directed to issue the Letters of Administration within 4 weeks from the date of the order; amendment, if any, permitted within two weeks with re-verification dispensed with; subject to compliance of office objections.