Jayshree Bhupatrai Pandya v. Arvindbhai Dayabhai Patel
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Testamentary Department; FOR DIRECTION order dated 11 August 2025 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty; TP/4032/2025; advocate R T Kharwar for Petitioner [Original]; issue Citation within two weeks; Notice to Collector Rule 396 Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; citation to non-consenting legal heirs; Chapter XXVI BHC Rules requisitions (prayer, legal heirs, delay, locker inventory); General Citation service Rules 399 and 400 BHC Rules; share justification of non-consenting heirs; administration bond gross amount Rule 420 BHC Rules; cross-petition Rule 407 BHC Rules; S.O. to 04.11.2025.
What did the court decide?
Preliminary directions on the testamentary petition: citation to be issued within two weeks; notice to the Collector vide Rule 396, Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; citation to non-consenting legal heirs, if any; petitioner to comply with Chapter XXVI requisitions (proper prayer, information of legal heirs, explanation of delay, inventory of locker, if any); service of General Citation and upon non-consenting legal heirs per Rules 399 and 400; justification of shares of non-consenting heirs; administration bond for the gross amount per Rule 420 if other legal heirs exist; Office to verify cross-petition and place it before the Court per Rule 407; matter listed to 04.11.2025.