Vishwas Anant Joshi v. Anant Raghunath Joshi
Case brief
What is this about?
Probate petition (TP/5187/2025 E-filing; WILL/1999/2025) before the Company Registrar/Testamentary Registrar, Bombay High Court (Original Side), decided 06.01.2026 by Mrs. Kavita Y. Ambekar; Advocate Pranesh Gada. Searchable points: probate grant; Will executed 13.01.1996; testator Anant Raghunath Joshi died 15.05.1999 at Mumbai; Executors Vishwas Anant Joshi and Subhash Anant Joshi; executrix Nirmala Anant Joshi predeceased grant (d. 11.02.2015); both attesting witnesses dead and executor's affidavit accepted under Rule 384, Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980; Affidavit of Service of General Citation 17.11.2025; daughter's Consent Affidavit; no other legal heirs; delay condoned; issuance conditioned on no caveat/cross petition. Relevant to probate practice where original attesting witnesses predeceased the application.
What did the court decide?
Grant of Probate of the last Will and Testament of the deceased (executed at Mumbai on 13.01.1996) to the petitioner-Executors as prayed, conditional on verification that no cross petition or caveat is on file.