Pramila Rajan Bhosale vs Shankar Dhondu Bhosale… — Succession and Inheritance | Bombay HC (2026)

Pramila Rajan Bhosale vs Shankar Dhondu Bhosale… — Succession and Inheritance | Bombay HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in Schedule I of the petition, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra; petitioner directed to file 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.

Issue for consideration

Whether Letters of Administration should be granted to the petitioner, PRAMILA RAJAN BHOSALE, daughter-in-law of the deceased, for the properties left by the deceased under the Indian Succession Act, 1925. +2 more

Court's answer

The facts stated by the petitioner on oath remained unchallenged and were required to be accepted; accordingly, the petition deserved to be allowed as prayed for.

Ratio / Principle

Since no one appeared to resist the petitioner's claim and nothing was brought to the notice of the Court regarding pending litigation about the same properties, the petition is treated as an uncontested one.

Key takeaways

In view of the orders in TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023 and in TP/2918/2023, the petitioner, being the sole heir of the deceased, is exempted from furnishing the administrative bond.ratio¶10
Petition allowed; 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 provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department (Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty), Order dated 05th February, 2026 in TP/6028/2025 — Petition by PRAMILA RAJAN BHOSALE, daughter-in-law of the deceased SHANKAR DHONDU BHOSALE (alias SHANKARRAO DHONDIRAM BHOSALE), who died a widower on 01-04-1989 at Mumbai, for Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, allowed. Citation was published on the notice boards of the Hon'ble High Court and the Collector's Office, Mumbai, and 14 days expired vide Rule 397(1) and (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; notice was issued to the Collector vide Rule 396; no objector appeared and no pending litigation was reported, hence the petition was treated as uncontested. Delay was explained vide Rule 382 of the Rules. Relying on the orders in TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023 and in TP/2918/2023, the petitioner, being the sole heir of the deceased, was exempted from furnishing the administrative bond; entitlement was urged under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Letters of Administration were granted having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra, subject to the petitioner filing an account as undertaken in her Oath and to the office verifying, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat is filed.

1 78.TP/6028/2025

Before: Shri. P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty, With the Testamentary Department Date 05th February, 2026

FOR COMPLIANCE:

TP/6028/2025 ) Shri. Sudhir Yadav Ld. Advocate for the Petitioner ) (AMH20230032750C2025000 ) 04)

P.C.:

Petitioner, namely PRAMILA RAJAN BHOSALE, has applied for the grant of Letters of Administration, under the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (for short “IS Act”), for the properties left by the deceased, namely SHANKAR DHONDU BHOSALE (alias SHANKARRAO DHONDIRAM BHOSALE)(For short “Said deceased”).

I have heard Ld. Advocate. I perused the documents, such as a true copy of the death certificate of the deceased, an affidavit with document to dispense with the requisition of an identity proof of the deceased, an oath in the prescribed format, affidavit of service citation.

Said deceased died as a Widower on 01-04-1989 at Mumbai leaving behind him legal heirs, shown in the paragraph No. 4 of the petition. Petitioner states that there are no other legal heirs to the deceased, except heirs shown in the petition. The deceased left properties shown in Schedule I of the petition. The delay has been explained vide Rule 382 of the Rules.

Office issued Citation to all concern and same has been affixed on the Notice Board of the Hon’ble High Court and notice board of the Collector’s Office at Mumbai and 14 days have been expired vide Rule 397(1) and (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980(for short “BHC Rules”). An affidavit to that effect has been filed. Notice to the collector has been issued vide Rule 396 of the BHC Rules. Till today, no one has appeared to resist the claim of the petitioner, nor has anything been brought to the notice regarding pending litigation about the same properties. Hence, the petition is treated as an uncontested one.

In view of the order passed by the Hon’ble Court in TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023 and in TP/2918/2023, the petitioner, being the sole heir of the deceased, is exempted from furnishing the administrative bond.

2 78.TP/6028/2025

Ld. Advocate for the petitioner submitted that in view of provisions of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the petitioner, being Daughter in law of the deceased, is entitled to seek a Letters of Administration. Hence, facts stated by the petitioner, on oath, remained unchallenged and required to be accepted. Accordingly, the petition deserves to be allowed, as prayed for. Hence, following order:

ORDER

1. Petition is allowed and the Letters of Administration be granted to the petitioner for properties, left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.

1. The petitioner to file an account as undertaken in a Petitioner’s Oath within the stipulated period.

1. Before issuance of the grant, the office to verify that there is no cross-petition pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.

05th February, 2026

Officer on Special Duty,