Sharada Ramanathan And 3 Others v. No Respondent

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 12.08.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU 1.Sharada Ramanathan 2.Hema Ramanathan 3.Usha Ramanathan 4.Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy

...Petitioners

PRAYER: Original Petition filed under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act XXXIX of 1925 read with Order XXV Rule 6 of the Original Side Rules, 1956 praying to grant Succession Certificate to the 1st petitioner herein with power to collect the securities and to receive the interest and dividends on and negotiate and transfer the securities specified in the Schedule hereunder. For Petitioners : Ms.Geetha Ramaseshan ----

ORDER

The petitioners seek Succession Certificate in favour of the 1st petitioner in respect of the securities held by one Mrs.Indira Ramanathan, who died intestate on 03.03.2009. The petitioners 1 to 4 submit that they are the daughters of the 1/5

above said deceased. The petitioners further submit that their father and the husband of the deceased Late.Mr.A.Ramanathan predeceased their mother, the deceased herein on 27.09.1984. Therefore the petitioners 1 to 4 are the sole legal heirs of the deceased and are entitled to succeed the securities of the deceased listed under the schedule of the petition in equal proportions.

2. The first petitioner has been examined as PW1. She has produced 5 documents to support her depositions, which are listed as Ex.P1 to Ex.P5 at the foot of the order. The photocopy of the death certificate of the deceased has been marked as Ex.P1. The photocopy of the legal heirship certificate of the deceased has been marked as Ex.P3. The perusal of Ex.P3 clearly substantiates that the petitioners 1 to 4 are the sole legal heirs of the deceased. The general paper publications have been effected which are marked as Ex.P4 and Ex.P5 and no objections have been received for the same.

3. The assertions in the petition have been duly proved by adducing oral evidence supported by documents. In these circumstances, the petitioners are entitled to the relief.

4. In view of the above evidence, the Original Petition is allowed granting 2/5

Succession Certificate in favour of the 1st petitioner, with the power to collect the securities and receive the interest and dividends on and negotiate and transfer the securities mentioned in the schedule to the petition. Index :Yes/No Petitioners' witness:

P.W.1 - Ms.Sharada Ramanathan Documents exhibited by the petitioners:

Exhibits Documents Ex.P1 Photocopy of the death certificate of Late Indira Ramanathan who died on 03.03.2009. (Original is produced, compared and returned to the petitioner's counsel.) Ex.P2 Photocopy of the share certificate of Coromandel International Limited dated 24.2.2010. (Original is produced, compared and returned to the petitioner's counsel.) Ex.P3 Photocopy of the legal heir certificate of Mrs.Indira Ramanathan issued on 11.09.2015.

Ex.P4 Photocopy of the letter sent by KFIN Technologies Limited to the 1st petitioner dated 15.09.2023.

Ex.P5 One issue of paper publication in Tamil Daily "Makkal Kural" dated 07.06.2025.

Consent affidavits of 2nd, 3rd and 4th petitioners are filed for 3/5

grant of succession certificate in favour of the 1st petitioner. 4/5

K.KUMARESH BABU, J.

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