Pratik Arvind Malkan v. Panna Malkan Panna Arvind Malkan

Bombay HC11 Nov 2025TP/5321/2025

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What is this about?

Letters of Administration; Section 278 Indian Succession Act 1925; Testamentary Petition No. 5321 of 2025; Bombay High Court Testamentary & Intestate Jurisdiction; Panna Malkan @ Panna Arvind Malkan (deceased); Pratik Arvind Malkan (petitioner); praecipe mention; consent affidavit 25.10.2024 Rinkoo Rajiv Shah; grant with effect in State of Maharashtra; issue within 3 weeks; subject to office objections; Milind N. Jadhav, J.; decided 02.12.2025.

What did the court decide?

Grant in terms of the un-numbered prayer clause ('That Probate may be granted to the Petitioner having effect in the State of Maharashtra'); Department to issue the Letters of Administration within 3 weeks, subject to compliance of office objections, if any. ¶¶19

Pratik Arvind Malkan vs Panna Malkan Panna Arvind… — Succession and Inheritance | Bombay HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether Letters of Administration should be issued to the Petitioner under Section 278 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 in respect of the properties and credits of the deceased Panna Malkan @ Panna Arvind Malkan.

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Court's answer

Having perused the purpose of the Petition and the details of the legal heirs, the Court found there could be no impediment in allowing the Petition and allowed and disposed of the Testamentary Petition in terms of the un-numbered prayer clause (grant having effect in the State of Maharashtra).

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Ratio / Principle

The Department is directed to issue the Letters of Administration as directed above within a period of 3 weeks from the date of the order, positively.

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Key takeaways

The Testamentary Petition is allowed and disposed of subject to compliance of office objections, if any, forthwith, which shall be allowed by the Department.ratio¶¶22

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Testamentary & Intestate Jurisdiction (Milind N. Jadhav, J.; decision dated December 02, 2025) — Testamentary Petition No. 5321 of 2025 filed by Pratik Arvind Malkan for issuance of Letters of Administration under Section 278 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 in respect of the properties and credits of deceased Panna Malkan @ Panna Arvind Malkan. The matter, not on Board, was mentioned by praecipe dated 02.12.2025; the Court noted a consent affidavit dated 25.10.2024 of Rinkoo Rajiv Shah and the legal heirs' details (stated in paragraph 9 and appended at page 31 of the Petition). Holding there was no impediment, the Court allowed and disposed of the Petition in terms of the un-numbered prayer clause seeking a grant having effect in the State of Maharashtra, directed the Department to issue the Letters of Administration within 3 weeks, and made disposal subject to compliance of office objections, if any.

Pratik Arvind Malkan v. Panna Malkan Panna Arvind Malkan

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