Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Testamentary Petition 75.TP/4761/2025; High Court of Bombay Testamentary Department; Officer on Special Duty Shri. P. A. Jagdale; petitioner Nitin Mahadeo Gawde; deceased Sumati Mahadeo Gawde died 26-02-2024 at Mumbai; Rules 396 and 397(1) and (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; citation publication and 14-day expiry; notice to Collector; uncontested petition; consent affidavits of legal heirs; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; advocate Uttam Rane; grant effective throughout State of Maharashtra; account filing direction; cross-petition and caveat verification.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Nitin Mahadeo Gawde for the properties left by the deceased Sumati Mahadeo Gawde and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file account as undertaken in the oath, subject to office verification of no pending cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant.