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MFA No. 5127 of 2024 (ISA), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 11.11.2025 by Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar (neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:45909). Succession certificate under Section 372, Indian Succession Act, 1925, sought for transmission of 930 Odisha Cement Limited shares held by deceased mother Janaki Mahadevan; M/S. KFin Technologies Limited demanded the certificate. Trial court (P and S.C.No.99/2024) dismissed the petition on 01.06.2024 because the attested family certificate was illegible. Appellate court admitted bar-coded Deputy Tahsildar family-tree attestation without signature/seal, found no rival claim after paper-publication citation, allowed the appeal, set aside the impugned order, and directed issuance of the succession certificate to the three appellant sisters. Statutes: Sections 372 and 384, Indian Succession Act, 1925. No precedent cases cited.