Swati Rajnikant Doshi v. Usha Kiran Makasare
Case brief
What is this about?
Safe deposit locker inventory and valuation order — Bombay HC, Testamentary Jurisdiction, Farhan P. Dubash J, 21 Jan 2026; Interim Application 3811/2025 in Test. Suit 37/1987 (letters of administration estate of Smt. Prabha Kunvarbai Chunilal Doshi; joint caveat by original Defendants Nos. 1–3). Respondent No. 4 – Bank broke Locker No. 144 for non-payment of rentals and sent 12 July 2008 inventory; no reply since 31 March 2023 enquiry; none appeared for the Bank. Prothonotary and Senior Master directed to depute Court Officer and Panel Valuer to the Opera House Branch (Grant Road/Lamington Road, Mumbai – 400 007); inventory to be tallied with Exhibit-‘A’, presence of Applicant No. 2 and Respondent No. 1, deadlines 9/13 February 2026; costs on Applicants; prayer clause (d) left aside with liberty for fresh application; IA disposed; compliance 16 February 2026.
What did the court decide?
Prothonotary and Senior Master to depute an Officer to visit the Opera House Branch of Respondent No. 4 – Bank, take inventory of Locker No. 144 contents and verify/tally them with the 12 July 2008 inventory (Exhibit-‘A’), in the presence of Applicant No. 2 and Respondent No. 1, completing the exercise on or before 9 February 2026 with report by 13 February 2026; a Panel Valuer appointed to value the articles (report by 9 February 2026); all costs borne by the Applicants in the first instance; prayer clause (d) not considered with liberty to file a fresh application; compliance fixed on 16 February 2026.