Ashok Dahyabhai Shah v. Dahyabhai Somchand Shah (Deceased)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 64 OF 2015 Dahyabhai Somchand Shah ...Deceased And Ashok Dahyabhai Shah

...Petitioner

Ms. Ritu Shetty, i/b Hariani & Co., for the Petitioner. CORAM: G.S. PATEL, J.

DATED:

7th March 2016 PC:- 1.

The Petitioner seeks a Legal Heirship Certificate under Section 2 of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 in respect of one Dahyabhai Somchand Shah, who is said to have died intestate in Mumbai, where he was ordinarily resident, on 15th June 2014. A copy of his death certificate is annexed. The deceased was survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter. Their names are mentioned in the tabulation below paragraph 2 of the petition. 2.

The Legal Heirship Certificate is required for the purposes of filing income tax returns.

3.

All the heirs have consented. No other Petition for an heirship certificate, succession certificate, probate or letters of

45-MPT64-15.DOC administration with or without a will annexed has been filed. There is no impediment to the grant of relief.

4.

The petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a) in favour of the persons mentioned in the table below paragraph 4, namely, Kusumben Dahyabhai Shah, Gautam Dahyabhai Shah, Pankaj Dahyabhai Shah, Yogini Dahyabhai Shah & Ashok Dahyabhai Shah.

5.

All concerned to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (G. S. PATEL, J.)