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Naresh Gopal Chandiramani v. Arjan Thadani Alias Arjan Thakurdas Thadani (Deceased)

Bombay HC8 Aug 2025TP/392/2025

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What is this about?

probate; testamentary petition; last Will and Testament; executor; renunciation by co-executor; consent affidavits of daughters; attesting witness affidavit; affidavit of service of general citation; death certificate; Aadhaar Card; Mumbai; Arjan Thadani; Naresh Gopal Chandiramani; Lal Lakhimchand Thadani; Sushil M. Raney; Divekar and Co.; Shubham Jadhav; TP/392/2025; Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar; K. Y. Ambekar; caveat verification

What did the court decide?

Grant of Probate of the last Will and Testament of the deceased Arjan Thadani to the petitioner, to be issued by the Office after verifying that no cross petition or caveat is filed. ¶10

Naresh Gopal Chandiramani vs Arjan Thadani Alias Arjan Thakurdas Thadani (Deceased) — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Grant of Probate of the last Will and Testament of the deceased Arjan Thadani to the petitioner, to be issued by the Office after verifying that no cross petition or caveat is filed.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, as one of the Executors named under the last Will and Testament of the deceased Arjan Thadani, is entitled to a grant of Probate of the said Will.

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Court's answer

Only two Executors were appointed under the Will; the petitioner is one of them, and the other executor, Lal Lakhimchand Thadani, has renounced his rights to act as Executor, with his renunciation Affidavit dated 23.10.2023 on record.

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Ratio / Principle

The parents and wife of the deceased predeceased him; he was survived by three daughters who all consented in favour of the petitioner, and there are no other legal heirs.

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Key takeaways

All legal formalities for the grant were found complied with, and the probate petition was granted.ratio¶9

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Testamentary Petition 13 TP/392/2025 (E-filing), decided on 08.08.2025 by Mrs. K. Y. Ambekar, Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar: Probate granted of the last Will and Testament of Arjan Thadani, who died at Mumbai on 09.10.2023, the Will having been duly executed at Mumbai on 31.08.2019. The petitioner, Naresh Gopal Chandiramani, is one of the two Executors named under the Will; the other executor, Lal Lakhimchand Thadani, renounced his rights to act as Executor by Affidavit dated 23.10.2023. The deceased's parents and wife predeceased him; he was survived by three daughters who filed consent affidavits in favour of the petitioner, and there were no other legal heirs. The affidavit of attesting witness Sushil M. Raney dated 16.03.2024 and the Affidavit of Service of General Citation dated 20.02.2024 were on record. Holding all legal formalities complied with, the Registrar granted the petition and directed the Office to issue Probate after verifying that no cross petition or caveat is filed.

Naresh Gopal Chandiramani v. Arjan Thadani Alias Arjan Thakurdas Thadani (Deceased)

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