Atul Laxman Mithbavkar v. Shubhangi Laxman Mithbavkar Alias Mithbavkar Shubhangi Laxman
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Bombay High Court Testamentary Petition 65.TP/6698/2025; petitioner Atul Laxman Mithbavkar; deceased Shubhangi Laxman Mithbavkar; death 23-08-2018 Mumbai; uncontested petition; citation Rules 396 and 397(1),(4) BHC (O.S.) Rules 1980; heirs consented by affidavits; administration bond Form No. 118 with surety; grant with effect throughout Maharashtra; account filing and caveat verification conditions.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner Atul Laxman Mithbavkar for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra per the Indian Succession Act, 1925, subject to: (i) petitioner filing an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period, and (ii) before issuance of the grant, office verification that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.