Mangala Indrasen Chauhan v. Lalita Mangala Chauhan @ Lalita Udayraj Chauhan (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Succession Certificate; Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Petition No. 2329 of 2025; Milind N. Jadhav; sole legal heir; debts and securities; Schedule I; RBL Bank Kandivali Branch; accidental benefit; Prothonotary and Senior Master; Petition Schedule amendment; re-verification dispensed with; grant within two weeks; server copy; liberty to apply.
What did the court decide?
Succession Certificate granted in terms of prayer clause (a) to Petitioner Mangala Indrasen Chauhan, certifying her as the only heir and legal representative of the deceased in respect of the debts and securities in Schedule I, with power to collect the debt and negotiate/transfer the securities; Department directed to issue grant within two weeks; RBL Bank, Kandivali Branch Manager directed to disclose accidental-benefit account details to the Prothonotary and Senior Master for insertion in the Petition Schedule by amendment within one week, re-verification dispensed with; complete grant within one week of amendment; liberty to apply.