Mallikarjun Lingappa Chalwadi v. Lingappa Gagappa Chalwadi
Testamentary Petition – Grant of Letters of Administration – Indian Succession Act, 1925
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 — Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4); testamentary petition; uncontested petition; citation and notice to Collector; administrative bond exemption; sole class-I heir; son of deceased; deceased died 04-02-2006 at Bailhongal, Dist. Belgaum, Karnataka; grant effective throughout State of Maharashtra; account per Petitioner's Oath; verification of cross-petition/caveat before issuance; TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023; 78.TP/6266/2025.
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 under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed 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.