Kantilal Gangji Satra v. Late Gangaji Parbat Shah aka Gangji Parvat Shah aka Gangji Parbat Satra
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; testamentary petition; uncontested succession grant; sole class-I heir; son of deceased; exemption from administrative bond; TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 (order dated 28.02.2023); Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980 – Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4); citation and Collector's notice; deceased died 08-02-1994 at Mumbai; 64.TP/6424/2025; order dated 12th March, 2026; Officer on Special Duty Shri. P. A. Jagdale; advocate Kushaan Solanki.
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; petitioner to file account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath; office to verify no cross-petition pending or caveat resisting the petition before issuance of the grant.