Meenal Virendra Bapardekar v. Anita govind eram (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary petition; Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court Testamentary Department OSD order 24th February 2026; 33.TP/5027/2024; petitioner Meenal Virendra Bapardekar (daughter of deceased); deceased Anita Govind Eram died 16-01-2022 at Mumbai as a widow; uncontested petition; citation affixed on High Court and Collector's Office notice boards; BHC (O.S.) Rules Rule 396 and Rule 397(1),(4); legal heirs consented by affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; account to be filed per petitioner's oath; verification of no cross-petition/caveat before issuance of grant; petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule (Schedule I of the petition), in the prescribed format, with effect throughout the State of Maharashtra, as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file the account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending and no caveat resisting the petition has been filed.