Dharmarajan Subramaniam Iyer v. Parvathi Subramaniam alias Chellamal alias K P Parvathi
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department — TP 620/2026 (63.TP/620/2026), decided 30th March, 2026 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale (OSD). Uncontested grant of Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to Dharmarajan Subramaniam Iyer, son of the deceased Parvathi Subramaniam (alias Chellamal / K.P. Parvathi), who died at Mumbai on 23-10-2023; properties in Schedule I. Citation displayed on High Court and Collector's Office notice boards, 14-day expiry per Rule 397(1) and (4) and Collector notice per Rule 396 of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; no objector; legal heirs consented by affidavit; administration bond Form No. 118 filed; petition allowed, LoA effective throughout India, with conditions on account-filing and pre-grant verification of cross-petitions/caveats. Counsel: Ms. Bhakti Rane (i/b Uttam Rane). No precedents cited.
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 India as per the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; subject to (i) the petitioner filing an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period, and (ii) the office verifying before issuance of the grant that no cross-petition is pending and no caveat resisting the petition is filed.