Jasmine Ray Nee Jasmine Berarwalla v. Late Mr Fidahusain Lukmanali Berarwalla (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department; TP/987/2025; decided 11-12-2025 by OSD Shri P. A. Jagdale; Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act, 1925; deceased Fidahusain Lukmanali Berarwalla died 07-07-2016 at Mumbai as widower; petitioner Taher Saboowala, constituted attorney of Jasmine Ray (nee Jasmine Berarwalla), daughter of deceased; uncontested petition; citation Rule 397(1) and (4); notice to Collector Rule 396; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; delay explained Rule 382; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; advocate Ms. Shyna Saheed i/b Vashi and Vashi; grant effective throughout the State of Maharashtra; account to be filed per Petitioner's Oath; office to check cross-petition/caveat before grant.
What did the court decide?
Limited Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra 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.