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Dr. Purnima Viraj Purohit v. Shrirang Shamrao Galgali (Deceased)

Bombay HC22 Aug 2025TP/485/2025

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What is this about?

Probate; Testamentary Petition 24 TP/485/2025 (e-filing); Will of Shrirang Shamrao Galgali (died Mumbai 10.09.2024; Will executed 14.05.2021, English, two Executors); petitioner-executor Dr. Purnima Viraj Purohit; co-executor Nikhil Shrirang Galgali renunciation/reservation not filed; parents' details missing from legal-heirs para; attesting witnesses A. K. Ambre and V. N. Mhatre (affidavits 15.11.2024); Affidavit of Service of General Citation 01.03.2025; consent affidavits of son and daughter; wife predeceased (counsel submission); Registrar Mrs. K. Y. Ambekar; sitting 22.08.2025; praecipe stage, final grant awaited.

What did the court decide?

No final grant was pronounced at this sitting; the petitioner's advocate is to file a praecipe to place the matter on board when it is ready for final grant. ¶10

Dr. Purnima Viraj Purohit vs Shrirang Shamrao Galgali (Deceased) — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

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Issue for consideration

Whether probate can proceed to grant while the renunciation / reservation of the rights of the second executor, Nikhil Shrirang Galgali, remains unfiled. +2 more

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Court's answer

The renunciation / reservation of the rights of the other executor, Nikhil Shrirang Galgali, has not been filed.

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Ratio / Principle

No final grant was pronounced at this sitting; the petitioner's advocate is to file a praecipe to place the matter on board when it is ready for final grant.

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Key takeaways

Details of the parents of the deceased are not mentioned in the legal heirs para.obiter¶8
Petitioner's oath is filed, and the affidavits of attesting witnesses A. K. Ambre and V. N. Mhatre dated 15.11.2024 are on record.obiter¶9
Affidavit of Service of General Citation dated 01.03.2025 is filed.obiter

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Testamentary Petition TP/485/2025 (e-filed) for probate of the last Will and Testament (executed at Mumbai on 14.05.2021) of Shrirang Shamrao Galgali, who died at Mumbai on 10.09.2024, filed by Dr. Purnima Viraj Purohit, one of the two Executors appointed under the Will. Before Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar Mrs. K. Y. Ambekar, 22.08.2025. Registrar noted: (i) renunciation / reservation of the rights of co-executor Nikhil Shrirang Galgali not filed; (ii) details of the deceased's parents not mentioned in the legal-heirs para. Recorded: Will is in English; petitioner's oath filed; affidavits of attesting witnesses A. K. Ambre and V. N. Mhatre dated 15.11.2024 and Affidavit of Service of General Citation dated 01.03.2025 on record; death certificate and deceased's Aadhaar Card annexed. Counsel (recorded, not adjudicated) submitted that the testator's wife predeceased him and that his son and other daughter have consented to the petitioner, with consent affidavits on record. Praecipe to be filed to place the matter on board when ready for final grant; no probate granted at this sitting.

Dr. Purnima Viraj Purohit v. Shrirang Shamrao Galgali (Deceased)

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