Neeta Nitin Zade v. Nitin Gopal Zade (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary Petition 40.TP/5262/2024, Bombay High Court (O.S.), decided 05 March 2025 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale, OSD, Testamentary Department. Letters of Administration under Indian Succession Act, 1925 granted to widow-petitioner Neeta Nitin Zade for estate of deceased Nitin Gopal Zade (died 19/06/2021, Mumbai); uncontested petition; citation published per Rules 397(1),(4) and notice to Collector per Rule 396, Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; heirs' consent affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 urged by counsel; advocate Ms. Vaishnavi Kamble for petitioner; directions to file account and pre-grant verification of cross-petition/caveat.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner Neeta Nitin Zade for the properties left by the deceased Nitin Gopal Zade and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office directed to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.