Ashok Moolchand Sanghvi v. Moolchand Chhogalal Sanghvi (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 — Rule 396 and Rule 397(1) and (4); Testamentary Petition 53.TP/4203/2025; uncontested grant; citation publication and Collector's notice; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; bond defective — translation/explanation to surety; caveat and cross-petition verification before grant; account per Petitioner's Oath; deceased Moolchand Chhogalal Sanghvi (died 08-08-2024, Mumbai, widower); petitioner Ashok Moolchand Sanghvi (son of deceased); heirs' consent affidavits; Schedule I properties; State of Maharashtra; Officer on Special Duty Shri. P. A. Jagdale; decision dated 09-01-2026.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule I of the petition, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra, as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify no cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant; petitioner to correct and re-upload the administration bond found defective as not translated and explained to the surety.