Dipali Vilas Shinde v. Vilas Yashwant Shind
Case brief
What is this about?
Legal heirship certificate; Section 2, Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827; Testamentary & Intestate Jurisdiction; Bombay High Court; Miscellaneous Petition No. 55 of 2026; Milind N. Jadhav, J.; deceased Vilas Yashwant Shinde and Varsha Vilas Shinde; heirs Yogendra Vilas Shinde (son) and Dipali Vilas Shinde (daughter); condonation of delay; dispensation of proclamation; certificate to be issued by Department within 3 weeks; subject to office objections.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed and disposed of in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b): delay in filing condoned, and a Legal Heirship Certificate to be issued under the provisions of Bombay Regulation Act VIII of 1827 certifying that (1) Yogendra Vilas Shinde (son) and Dipali Vilas Shinde (daughter) are the only legal heirs and representatives of the deceased, and (2) those mentioned in paragraph 6 of the Petition are the only heirs and legal representatives of both the deceased; proclamation dispensed with; Department directed to issue the certificate within 3 weeks; subject to compliance of office objections, if any.