Udaykumar Ramchandra Shiroorkar v. Veena Udaykumar Shiroorkar Deceased
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department (Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty), 53.TP/5204/2025, decided 16-02-2026. Petitioner Udaykumar Ramchandra Shiroorkar (advocate M. D. Shahid Hussain); deceased Veena Udaykumar Shiroorkar, died 10-03-2015 at Mumbai. Letters of Administration under Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 invoked by counsel for husband's entitlement. Procedural rules: Rule 382 (delay), Rule 396 (notice to Collector), Rule 397(1) and (4) (citation, 14 days), Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980. Minor heir Vaibhav; heirs' consent affidavits without reserving rights; reliance on Testamentary Petition No. 1701 of 2017 on minor's share; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; uncontested petition; 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), having effect throughout India under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; subject to the petitioner filing the account undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period and to pre-grant office verification that no cross-petition or caveat is pending.