Prvesh Kirti Kanther v. Kirti Jugraj Kanther (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary petition 35.TP/297/2025, Bombay High Court, decided 05 March 2026 by P. A. Jagdale (OSD, Testamentary Department). Petitioner Pravesh Kirti Kanther sought Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 for the estate of his father Kirti Jugraj Kanther (died 22-01-2023, Mumbai), properties in Schedule I. Uncontested: citation published per Rules 396 and 397(1),(4) Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; legal heir consented by affidavit; administration bond Form 118 with surety. Entitlement founded on Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (petitioner as son). Petition allowed; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; account filing and caveat/cross-petition verification directed. No contested issues, no precedent cited, no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner Pravesh Kirti Kanther for the properties left by the deceased Kirti Jugraj Kanther and shown in the schedule (Schedule I), effective throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file account as undertaken in his oath, subject to office verification that no cross-petition or caveat is pending before issuance.