Urvi Ankit Thakkar v. Ankit Dilip Thakkar Deceased
Testamentary Petition – Letters of Administration
Case brief
What is this about?
Uncontested testamentary petition 72.TP/6127/2025, Bombay High Court Testamentary Department, decided 09th February, 2026 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty: Letters of Administration granted to widow Urvi Ankit Thakkar for the estate of Ankit Dilip Thakkar (died 29-04-2025 at Mumbai); minor heir Kiara consented through the petitioner as natural guardian; reliance on order in Testamentary Petition No. 1701 of 2017 dispensing with justification of the minor's share; statutes involved: Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980, Rules 396 and 397(1) and (4); administration bond in Form No. 118 with surety; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; conditions: filing of account and verification of no cross-petition/caveat. Advocates: Ms. Reshma Salunkhe i/b S T Manek for the petitioner.
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 her oath within the stipulated period, and the office to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.