G.Gajalakshmi v. G.Raghu
Case brief
What is this about?
An application was filed to extend an existing Succession Certificate granted in OP.No.103 of 2022 to cover additional assets of the deceased, owing to an oversight. The court allowed the petition, extending the certificate under Section 376 of the Indian Succession Act.
What did the court decide?
Extension of the existing Succession Certificate to include assets valued at Rs.1,07,054/-.
What the court decided
A.No.4241 of 2023 in OP.No.103 of 2022
R.N.MANJULA, J.
The above petition has been filed to grant extension of Succession Certificate to the applicant /petitioner herein with power to collect the debts of the deceased A.M.Gopalan and G.Sujatha and to receive the interest thereon specified in the schedule hereunder.
2. The applicant is the wife of late A.M.Gopalan, who is aged about 75 years. In the Original Petition apart from the petitioner her son has been impleaded as respondent and the respondent has given consent to grant Succession Certificate to collect the debts of the deceased A.M.Gopalan and G.Sujatha in favour of mother who is the petitioner herein.
3. The legal heir certificate has been originally marked as Ex.P15 and the court had already confirmed that the petitioner and the respondent are the only legal heirs of late A.M.Gopalan. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the assets now mentioned could not be included due to oversight and hence, the Succession Certificate already granted should be extended covering the assets now mentioned.
4 . The learned counsel for the applicant invited the attention of this Court to Sec. 376 of the Indian Succession Act to extend the certificate
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Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to extend an already granted Succession Certificate to include additional assets.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
R.N.Manjula
- respondent
Son of late A.M.Gopalan
Coram
R.N.MANJULA
Case details
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