Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayana Yeshodhara vs Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayan (Deceasd) — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayana Yeshodhara vs Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayan (Deceasd) — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Letters of Administration with Will annexed of the property and credits of the deceased to be issued to the Petitioner by the Department in accordance with law, subject to all compliances by the Petitioner within four weeks; all office objections dispensed with; Petition and praecipe allowed and disposed.

Issue for consideration

Whether Letters of Administration with Will annexed of the property and credits of the deceased ought to be issued to the Petitioner as sought in the Petition. +1 more

Court's answer

The Testamentary Petition is allowed in terms of the prayer and relief sought for in the Petition.

Ratio / Principle

The Court noted the unavailability of Nandakumar and recorded the fact of his demise on the basis of the death certificate appended at page No.34.

Key takeaways

There can be no impediment in allowing the Grant to the Petitioner, who is the daughter of the deceased; all office objections are dispensed with.ratio¶20
The Department is directed to issue the Grant in accordance with law, subject to all compliances by the Petitioner within four weeks.ratio¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction) — Testamentary Petition No.5557 of 2024, decided 09.10.2025 (Milind N. Jadhav, J.) — Petition for issuance of Letters of Administration with Will annexed of the property and credits of the deceased allowed. Of the three beneficiaries under the Grant, the Petitioner alone is alive and is the daughter of the deceased; the other two beneficiaries named in the Petition, Jayashree Narayan (a divorcee without issue) and L. Vijaykumar, expired in 2022 and 2018 and the beneficiaries who are deceased did not have any legal heirs. Beneficiary Nandakumar, described as the second beneficiary, was a bachelor who deserted the family for the past 30-32 years; citation had already been served on him through publication and the Court noted his death certificate appended at page No.34 to record the fact of his demise. All office objections dispensed with; the Department directed to issue the Grant in accordance with law subject to all compliances by the Petitioner within four weeks; Testamentary Petition and praecipe allowed and disposed.

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HARSHADA H. SAWANT (P.A.)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION

TESTAMENTARY PETITION NO.5557 OF 2024

Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayana alias N. Lakshminarayana alias N. Lakshminarayan .. Deceased

Nimmakayalu Lakshminarayana .. Petitioner

Dr. D. R. Talankar, Advocate for Petitioner.

CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : OCTOBER 09, 2025

P.C.:

1. Not on Board. Mentioned by way of filing praecipe dated 09.10.2025. Perused the praecipe.

2. Heard Dr. Talankar, learned Advocate for Petitioner.

3. Petition seeks issuance of Letters of Administration with Will

annexed of property and credits of deceased. There are three beneficiaries under the said Grant. Petitioner is the only beneficiary who is alive. Other two beneficiaries namely Jayashree Narayan and L. Vijaykumar have expired in 2022 and 2018. All such details, averments, supporting documents are appended to the Petition by Petitioner.

4. The beneficiaries who are deceased did not have any legal heirs. Jayashree Narayan was a divorcee and did not have any issue. Decree is appended to Petition. Nandakumar the second beneficiary

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P8.TP.5557.2024.doc

was a bachelor. He has deserted the family for the past 30 -32 years. Citation has already been served on him through publication. Nothing more is required to be done.

5. In that view of the matter, the fact of unavailability of Nandakumar as also death certificate appended at page No.34 is noted by the Court to record the fact of demise of Nandakumar.

6. In view of the above, there can be no impediment in allowing Grant to Petitioner who is daughter of the deceased. All office objections are dispensed with.

7. Petition stands allowed in terms of prayer and relief sought for in the Petition.

8. Department is directed to issue the Grant in accordance with law subject to all compliances by Petitioner within a period of four weeks from today.

9. Testamentary Petition and praecipe is allowed and disposed.

H. H. SAWANT

[ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ]

Digitally signed HARSHADAHANUMANT by HARSHADAHANUMANTSAWANT SAWANT Date: 2025.10.10 10:48:53 +0530

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