Norma Marina Menezes D/O. Gilbert Menezes @ Norma Marina Menezes v. Marie Harold Menezes
Case brief
What is this about?
TP 2474/2024, Bombay High Court, Testamentary Petition withdrawn (petitioner: Norma Marina Menezes; deceased: Marie Harold Menezes; advocate: Rahul R. Bothra); disposed as withdrawn 09-01-2026 by Milind N. Jadhav, J.; court fees refund allowed as per Rules; refund certificate within two weeks by Registry; Collector of Stamps (Old Customs House, Mumbai; Mumbai City and MSD) to process refund within four weeks; Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra to comply within four weeks; Registrar General directed to enforce timelines; complaints of refunds taking more than a year; keywords: withdrawal of testamentary petition, refund of Court fees, refund certificate, Collector of Stamps, Pay and Accounts Department, timeline directions.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the Testamentary Petition; refund of Court fees as per Rules, with the Registry to issue the refund certificate within two weeks and time-bound directions (four weeks each) to the Collector of Stamps and the Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra for processing the refund.