Sharat Trivikram Kudva v. Bharat Trivikram Kudva (Deceased)
Succession – Letters of Administration – Indian Succession Act, 1925
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary Petition 88.TP/6654/2025, Bombay High Court, decided 25th February, 2026 by Shri. P. A. Jagdale, Officer on Special Duty, Testamentary Department. Petitioner: Sharat Trivikram Kudva (Adv. Shubham Jadhav i/b Divekar & Co.). Deceased: Bharat Trivikram Kudva, died a bachelor on 22-09-2021 at Mumbai. Grant of Letters of Administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 for Schedule I properties; petition uncontested after citation under Rules 396 and 397(1) and (4) of the Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980; administrative bond exemption relying on order dated 28.02.2023 in TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 cited for brother's entitlement. Petition allowed; grant effective throughout India; account to be filed; pre-grant verification for cross-petition/caveat ordered.
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 under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; before issuance of the grant, the office to verify that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition has been filed.