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Ram B Lakhani Alias Rambhai Bhagwandas Lakhani v. Nirupama Bhupendra Shah

Bombay HC5 Jan 2026TP/6697/2025

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What is this about?

Bombay High Court; Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Testamentary Petition No. 6697 of 2025; probate; last Will and Testament; Nirupama Bhupendra Shah; Ram B. Lakhani alias Rambhai Bhagwandas Lakhani; executor; consent affidavit; attesting witness; Testamentary Department; grant of probate throughout State of Maharashtra; four weeks; Milind N. Jadhav; Dinesh A. Wani; Jayant A. Wani.

What did the court decide?

Probate of the last Will and Testament of the late Nirupama Bhupendra Shah, to be issued by the Testamentary Department with effect throughout the State of Maharashtra within four weeks, subject to all other compliances and strictly in accordance with law; the Testamentary Petition thereafter stands disposed. ¶20

Ram B Lakhani Alias Rambhai Bhagwandas Lakhani vs Nirupama Bhupendra Shah — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether probate should be issued in respect of the last Will and Testament of the deceased Nirupama Bhupendra Shah, the Petition being filed by the Executor named in the Will.

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Court's answer

The Consent Affidavit of the son of the deceased (at page No.25 of the Petition) and the affidavit of the attesting witness appended to the Petition were perused and found to be in order.

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Ratio / Principle

On the averments in the Petition and the submissions of Mr. Wani, learned Advocate for the Petitioner, the Testamentary Petition is allowed in terms of the relief prayed.

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Key takeaways

The Testamentary Department is directed to issue the grant/probate having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra, subject to all other compliances and strictly in accordance with law.ratio¶21
The grant/probate is to be issued within four weeks from the date of the order, positively.ratio¶21

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Bombay High Court (Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction), Milind N. Jadhav, J., 25 February 2026 — Testamentary Petition No. 6697 of 2025: Probate sought by the Executor, Ram B. Lakhani alias Rambhai Bhagwandas Lakhani, for the last Will and Testament of the late Nirupama Bhupendra Shah; the beneficiary and legal heir named in the Will is the daughter (details at paragraph No.8 of the Petition). The Consent Affidavit of the deceased's son (page No.25 of the Petition) and the affidavit of the attesting witness were perused and found in order. On the averments in the Petition and counsel's submissions, the Petition was allowed in terms of the relief prayed; the Testamentary Department was directed to issue the grant/probate having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra within four weeks, subject to all other compliances and strictly in accordance with law. Petition disposed.

Ram B Lakhani Alias Rambhai Bhagwandas Lakhani v. Nirupama Bhupendra Shah

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