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Lata Sunil Jiandani v. Sunil Vasudev Jiandani

Bombay HC21 Apr 2026TP/2256/2025

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Testamentary Petition 2256 of 2025, Bombay High Court, Milind N. Jadhav J., 08.05.2026: praecipe disposed; Succession Certificate qua movable properties of deceased Sunil Vasudev Jiandani and Anr.; petitioner Lata Sunil Jiandani; cross Petition for Letters of Administration qua immovable properties; statement regarding pending cross Petition dispensed with; Department to follow order dated 10.02.2026; no further office objections; Grant to issue within two weeks due to exigency; advocate Nirmit R. Shah.

What did the court decide?

Praecipe disposed; requirement of statement regarding pending cross Petition dispensed with; Petition for Succession Certificate qua movable properties of the deceased allowed with no other office objections, Department to proceed per order dated 10.02.2026; Grant to be issued within two weeks. ¶19

Lata Sunil Jiandani vs Sunil Vasudev Jiandani — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the requirement of a statement regarding the pending cross Petition can be dispensed with in the present Petition. +2 more

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Court's answer

Since the cross Petition was filed only for issuance of Letters of Administration qua immovable properties of the deceased and the affidavit to that effect has been filed before the Department (also annexed to the praecipe), the same shall be accepted and the requirement of the statement regarding the pending cross Petition stands dispensed with.

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Ratio / Principle

The Petition for issuance of Succession Certificate qua the movable properties of the deceased shall be allowed; the Department shall proceed strictly with the directions contained in the order dated 10.02.2026 and no other office objections are required to be complied with.

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Key takeaways

The Department shall act expeditiously and issue the Grant within a period of two weeks positively, in view of the exigency mentioned by the learned Advocate for the Petitioner.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction), Coram Milind N. Jadhav, J., by order dated 08.05.2026 disposed of a praecipe dated 08.05.2026 moved in Testamentary Petition No. 2256 of 2025 filed by Lata Sunil Jiandani for issuance of a Succession Certificate qua the movable properties of the deceased (Sunil Vasudev Jiandani and Anr.). The Court recorded that the cross Petition had been filed only for issuance of Letters of Administration qua the immovable properties of the deceased and that the affidavit to that effect stood filed before the Department and annexed to the praecipe; accordingly it accepted the affidavit and dispensed with the requirement of a statement regarding the pending cross Petition. Directing the Department to proceed strictly in terms of its earlier order dated 10.02.2026, the Court allowed the Petition with no other office objections required to be complied with, and directed issuance of the Grant within two weeks positively in view of the exigency urged by the Petitioner's Advocate.

Lata Sunil Jiandani v. Sunil Vasudev Jiandani

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