Shrikant Satyendra Gupta v. Sushma Satyendra Gupta
Case brief
What is this about?
45.TP/5226/2025 | Bombay High Court, Testamentary (O.S.) | Order dated 26-02-2026 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale, OSD Testamentary Department | Petitioner: Shrikant Satyendra Gupta (son of deceased); Deceased: Sushma Satyendra Gupta (widow, d. 01-11-2020, Mumbai) | Statutes: Indian Succession Act, 1925; The Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980 — Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4) | Outcome: Petition ALLOWED — Letters of Administration granted, effective throughout Maharashtra; uncontested; citation expired without objection; legal heirs consented by affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; conditions: file account per Oath, verify no cross-petition/caveat | Advocate: Anthoney Fernandes i/b Waquar Ahmed for petitioner.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Shrikant Satyendra Gupta for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, effective throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an 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 or caveat resisting the petition has been filed.