Nikesh Jain Alias Nikesh Mukesh Jain v. Late Mukeshkumar Jaswantraj Jain
Case brief
What is this about?
Court-fee refund timelines; withdrawal of Testamentary Petition No. 5020 of 2025 as infructuous pursuant to the order in Miscellaneous Petition No. 1082 of 2025; refund of Court fees as per Rules; refund certificate by the High Court Registry within two weeks on a server copy; directions to the Collector of Stamps (Mumbai City and Mumbai MSD), the Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra, and the Registrar General for time-bound refunds (four weeks at the highest); complaints of delays exceeding one year in realising refunded Court fees; Bombay High Court, Testamentary Jurisdiction, single Judge Milind N. Jadhav; order dated 17 January 2026 following praecipe dated 17.01.2026.
What did the court decide?
Testamentary Petition No. 5020 of 2025 disposed as withdrawn (having become infructuous); refund of Court fees as per Rules, with the Registry to issue the refund certificate within two weeks on a server copy of the order and time-bound refund directions issued to the Collector of Stamps and the Pay and Accounts Department, Bandra.