Sudakshina Dipankar Sarkar Alias Sudakshina Sarkar v. Dipankar Debasis Sarkar Alias Dipankar Sarkar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Testamentary Petition No. 276 of 2026; praecipe mention; Not on Board; refund of court fees; excess court fees; ad-valorem court fees; Government Notification issued by State of Maharashtra dated 07.08.2024; refund certificate; Collector of Stamps; Collector of Stamp Duty, Old Customs House, Mumbai; Collector of Stamps Mumbai City; Collector of Stamps Mumbai MSD; Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra; Registrar General; two-week and four-week compliance timelines; petitioner Sudakshina Dipankar Sarkar; deceased Dipankar Debasis Sarkar; advocate Praneeta P. Mokal; Milind N. Jadhav, J.; order dated 15 April 2026; court-fee refund delays exceeding a year.
What did the court decide?
Refund certificate of Rs.65,000/- to the petitioner for excess court fees paid (Rs.75,000/- paid against Rs.10,000/- computed), to be issued by the Registry within two weeks on a server copy of the order, with four-week processing timelines imposed on the Collector of Stamps and the Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra.