Sanjivani Sanjay Lad v. Shankar Dhondu Temkar (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Probate; testamentary petition; TP/619/2025; e-filing; will dated 11.05.1994; testator Shankar Dhondu Temkar died 21.05.1994; sole executrix Sanjivani Sanjay Lad; advocate R. T. Kharwar; attesting witness Ajay Zilu Patade; dispensation of identification proof; citation through newspaper publication; Affidavit of Service of General Citation dated 10.03.2025; no legal heirs; Schedule I to IV Hindu Succession Act 1956; son Subhas Shankar Temkar died 06.08.2014; wife died 29.07.2020; compliance order; removed from board; praecipe; final grant of probate pending; Company Registrar / Testamentary Registrar; order dated 08.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
Compliance-stage order in probate petition: affidavit dated 17.09.2024 for dispensation of identification proof of the deceased accepted; petitioner directed to serve citation through newspaper publication and file Affidavit of Service; petition removed from board, to be re-listed for final grant of probate upon filing of praecipe after compliance.