Sunil Radhakrishna Karekar v. Radhakrishna Gopal Karekar (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Testamentary petition TP/4163/2025 decided 09-01-2026 by Shri P. A. Jagdale OSD; Letters of Administration granted to Sunil Radhakrishna Karekar and Ujwala Radhakrishna Karekar for properties of deceased Radhakrishna Gopal Karekar (died 19-10-2017 Mumbai, widower); Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; uncontested; citation Rule 397(1)(4) BHC (O.S.) Rules 1980; notice to Collector Rule 396; delay Rule 382; heirs' consent affidavits; administration bond Form 118 defective - translation/explanation to petitioner no. 2, correction and re-upload ordered; account per oath; caveat/cross-petition verification before grant.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners (Sunil Radhakrishna Karekar and Ujwala Radhakrishna Karekar) for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Order clause 1). Conditions/directives: petitioners to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period (clause 2); office to verify before issuance of the grant that no cross-petition is pending and no caveat resisting the petition is filed (clause 3); administration bond, found defective as not translated and explained to petitioner No. 2, to be corrected and re-uploaded (clause 4).