Ravindra Rajaram Khanvilkar v. Rajaram Sitaram Khanvilkar Deceased
Case brief
What is this about?
Uncontested testamentary petition - grant of Letters of Administration (Indian Succession Act, 1925) by the Bombay High Court Testamentary Department to the son of deceased Rajaram Sitaram Khanvilkar (died 05-08-1984, Golvashi, Dist. Ratnagiri) for scheduled properties effective throughout Maharashtra; heirs' consent affidavits; citation per Rules 396 and 397 of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 entitlement; OSD Shri P. A. Jagdale, 12 January 2026.
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 directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period (para 17); office to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition has been filed (para 18).