Shambhu Sharan Jatashankar Pandey v. Parvati Shambhusharan Pandey (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; testamentary petition 44.TP/5837/2024; Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980 — Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4); administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; citation publication on High Court and Collector's Office notice boards; uncontested petition; no caveat or cross-petition; consent affidavit of legal heir without reserving rights; deceased Parvati Shambhusharan Pandey died 25/02/2014 at Uttar Pradesh; petitioner Shambhu Sharan Jatashankar Pandey (husband); advocate Shailesh More; decided 02nd April 2025 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty, Testamentary Department; petition allowed, grant conditional on account filing and caveat verification.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule-I of the petition, in the prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; before issuance of the grant, the office to verify that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.