Anjali Abhay Abhyankar v. Mohini Anant Khandekar alias Mohini a Khandekar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Testamentary Department, 64.TP/6333/2025, order dated 23rd March 2026 by Shri P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty: Letters of Administration granted under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to petitioner Anjali Abhay Abhyankar, daughter and sole heir of deceased Mohini Anant Khandekar alias Mohini A. Khandekar (died 26-09-2023 at Mumbai); petition uncontested after citation published under Rules 396 and 397(1)/(4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980 with no caveat or pending litigation; administrative bond exemption granted in view of prior orders in TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023 and TP/2918/2023; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 invoked for daughter's entitlement; grant effective throughout Maharashtra; petitioner to file account per oath; office to check cross-petition/caveat before grant.
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 and no caveat resisting the petition is filed.