Uma Maheswari alias Maheswari v. S.S.Rajagopalan and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Original Side; O.P.No.643 of 2023 (decided 03.03.2025, K. Kumaresh Babu, J.); Letters of Administration with Will annexed under Sections 232 read with 276 of the Indian Succession Act and Order XXV Rule 5 of the O.S.Rules; Will dated 06.06.2017 of testatrix late K.Mythili (died 19.01.2022); petitioner Mrs.Uma Maheswari alias Maheswari, third party and sole legatee beneficiary; respondents S.S.Rajagopalan, Chandra Vijayaraghavan, Shuba Vijaya, Bharathram Vijayaraghavan (husband's brother and predeceased brother's legal heirs); no executor appointed; attestation proved by PW2 Mrs.Chandra Vijayaraghavan; no objections to paper publications in Makkal Kural (05.01.2024) and Trinity Mirror (13.01.2024); net estate value Rs.2,00,00,000 (Ex.P5); security bond Rs.25,000; inventory within six months, statement of accounts within one year; petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration with the Will annexed granted to the petitioner (sole beneficiary under the Will) in respect of the Will dated 06.06.2017 of late K.Mythili; petitioner directed to execute a security bond of Rs.25,000/- in the name of the Assistant Registrar (Original Side) of this Court and to file an inventory of assets and statement of accounts within six months and one year respectively.