Sneheet Shashank Sawant v. Vinata Bhaskar Sawant alias Vinta Bhaskar Sawant alias Vinita Bhaskar Sawant
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary petition; Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 — Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4); uncontested grant; deceased Vinata/Vinta/Vinita Bhaskar Sawant (died 19-05-2017, Mumbai); petitioner Sneheet Shashank Sawant (grandson); administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; citation and notice board publication; Collector's notice; caveat and cross-petition verification; account per petitioner's oath; State of Maharashtra; advocate Sharvari Nagvekar.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner to file account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath; office to verify absence of any cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant.