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Anjali Abhay Abhyankar v. Mohini Anant Khandekar alias Mohini a Khandekar

Bombay HC16 Dec 2025TP/6333/2025

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Keywords: testamentary petition directions order; TP/6333/2025; Bombay High Court Testamentary Department; Officer on Special Duty P. A. Jagdale; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 Rules 396, 399, 400, 407, 420; Chapter XXVI requisitions; issue of citation within two weeks; notice to Collector; non-consenting legal heirs; General Citation service; justification of heir's share; administration bond for gross amount; locker inventory; explain delay; cross-petition Rule 407; advocate Snehal Udare; next date 13.02.2026.

What did the court decide?

Directions order only (no adjudicative relief): citation and Collector notice ordered, Chapter XXVI requisitions to be completed, conditional administration bond per Rule 420, office to verify any cross-petition; matter carried forward to the next date of 13.02.2026. ¶¶8

Anjali Abhay Abhyankar vs Mohini Anant Khandekar alias Mohini a Khandekar — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

What preliminary directions and compliance steps (issue of citation, notice to the Collector, Chapter XXVI requisitions, administration bond, and cross-petition verification) are required to advance Testamentary Petition TP/6333/2025?

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Court's answer

Citation shall issue within two weeks from the date of uploading of this order, and Notice shall issue to the Collector vide Rule 396 of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980.

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Ratio / Principle

Citation shall also issue to the non-consenting legal heirs of the deceased, if any; the advocate is directed to take the requisite steps.

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Key takeaways

The petitioner's advocate must ensure compliance with the Chapter XXVI BHC Rules requisitions, including proper prayer, information of the legal heirs, explanation of any delay, and inventory of any locker.ratio¶¶5
Steps must be taken for service of the General Citation and for effecting service upon any non-consenting legal heirs as per Rules 399 and 400 of the BHC Rules; where such heirs exist, the petitioner must justify the share of such heir/s.ratio¶¶6
If there are legal heir/s other than the petitioner, the petitioner shall furnish an administration bond for the gross amount as per Rule 420 of the BHC Rules, within one week after that.

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Bombay High Court (Testamentary Department) — directions order dated 16.12.2025 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty, in TP/6333/2025 (Ms. Snehal Udare for the petitioner): Citation to issue within two weeks of uploading of the order; notice to the Collector vide Rule 396 and citation to any non-consenting legal heirs of the deceased; petitioner's advocate to ensure compliance with Chapter XXVI BHC (O.S.) Rules requisitions (proper prayer, information of legal heirs, explanation of delay, inventory of any locker); service of General Citation and service upon non-consenting heirs as per Rules 399 and 400, with the petitioner to justify the share of any such heir; administration bond for the gross amount as per Rule 420 to be furnished within one week if other legal heirs exist; office to verify any cross-petition and place it before the Hon'ble Court under Rule 407; S.O. to 13.02.2026.

Anjali Abhay Abhyankar v. Mohini Anant Khandekar alias Mohini a Khandekar

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