Nina Eugenio Dcosta v. Eugene Alias Eugenio Franklin D Costa
Testamentary Petition – Grant of Letters of Administration – Indian Succession Act, 1925
Case brief
What is this about?
Uncontested testamentary petition 75.TP/5751/2025 (decided 22nd January 2026, Testamentary Department, Officer on Special Duty Shri P. A. Jagdale): Letters of Administration granted to DR. MS. NINA EUGENIO DCOSTA ALIAS (NINA D'COSTA), daughter and sole heir, for the estate of DR. EUGENE (ALIAS EUGENIO) FRANKLIN D’COSTA ALIAS DCOSTA ALIAS EUGENIO DA COSTA (died 23-10-2016 at Mumbai); governed by Indian Succession Act, 1925; citation compliance under Rules 396 and 397(1) & (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; delay explained vide Rule 382; administrative-bond exemption as sole heir following TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 and TP/2918/2023; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule I, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout India under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; grant subject to office verification that no cross-petition or caveat is pending before issuance.