Bhushan B Surve v. Bhargavrao Bhikaji Surve
Succession – Letters of Administration – Indian Succession Act, 1925 / Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary Petition 73.TP/4914/2025, Bombay High Court (Testamentary Department), decided 08-12-2025 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, OSD. Letters of Administration granted to Bhushan B. Surve and Ashish B. Surve (sons) for estate of deceased Bhargavtao Bhikaji Surve (died widower 04-09-2024, Mumbai). Uncontested petition; citation and notice to Collector under Rules 396 and 397(1)&(4), Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; surety bond exemption as all heirs were petitioners (TP No. 2918/2023); Indian Succession Act 1925 and Hindu Succession Act 1956 invoked; advocate Ms. Priyanka Lanke.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners (Bhushan B. Surve and Ashish B. Surve) for the properties left by the deceased Bhargavtao Bhikaji Surve and shown in the schedule, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; subject to the petitioners filing an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period, and to office verification that no cross-petition is pending or caveat filed before issuance of the grant.