Mithila Sunil Shinde v. Sunil Sudhakar Shinde
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; testamentary petition; uncontested probate-side grant; widow petitioner; deceased Sunil Sudhakar Shinde; petitioner Mithila Sunil Shinde; citation Rule 397(1)(4) and Rule 396; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; administration bond Form 118; heirs' consent affidavits; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; account per oath; caveat/cross-petition verification; Officer on Special Duty Testamentary Department; decided 21st January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to petitioner Mithila Sunil Shinde for the properties left by the deceased Sunil Sudhakar Shinde and shown in the schedule, effective throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in her oath within the stipulated period; office to verify absence of any cross-petition or caveat before issuance of the grant.