Kalapana Devendra Shah v. Devendra Shantilal Shah
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Petition 92.TP/5924/2025, decided 02nd February, 2026 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty (Testamentary Department). Petitioner KALPANA DEVENDRA SHAH, widow of deceased DEVENDRA SHANTILAL SHAH (died 31-03-2024, Mumbai), granted Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 for Schedule I properties. Uncontested petition: citation under Rule 397(1) and (4), notice to Collector under Rule 396 of Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; legal heirs consented by affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; widow's entitlement under Hindu Succession Act, 1956; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; bond amount to be corrected per Form No. 118 r/w Rule 420. Advocates: Nihir U Dedhia i/b Prerak Sharma.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra, as per the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner 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 is filed; petitioner to correct the amount in the administration bond to the gross amount and re-upload it as per Form No. 118 r/w Rule 420 of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980, with corrections initialed by the petitioner, surety and notary.