Chandresh Prabhudas Kotecha v. Prabhudas Chhaganlal Kotecha
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Testamentary Petition 50.TP/4140/2025 (decided 19-12-2025): grant of Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to the sons of deceased Prabhudas Chhaganlal Kotecha for his scheduled estate; petition uncontested after citation under Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980, Rules 396 and 397(1)/(4); heirs' consent affidavits; entitlement urged under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Letters of Administration granted with effect throughout Maharashtra, with directions to file account and pre-grant verification of caveats/cross-petitions.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, effective throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioners directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify absence of any cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant.