Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan And 2 Others v. No Respondent
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 19.11.2025 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.DHANABAL O.P. No.
of 202 1.Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan
2. Archana Sivaramakrishnan
3. Chitra Sivaramakrishnan ... Petitioners PRAYER: Original Petition is filed under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act of 1925 read with Order XXV Rule 6 of the Original Side Rules praying to grant Succession Certificate to the petitioners with power to collect the securities and to receive the interest and dividends thereon and negotiate and transfer the securities.
For Petitioners :
Mr. S.Hussain Afroze
ORDER
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This petition has been filed by the petitioners praying to grant Succession Certificate under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act read with Order XXV Rule 6 of the Original Side Rules.
2. According to the petitioners, one V.Sivaramakrishnan died intestate on 01.02.2022.
•The 1st petitioner is the wife of the said V.Sivaramakrishnan. •The petitioners 2 and 3 are the daughters of the said V.Sivaramakrishnan Except the above petitioners, there are no other legal heirs to the said deceased V.Sivaramakrishnan. The said deceased V.Sivaramakrishnan, during his lifetime, had purchased some shares in the company, M/s Marksans Pharma Ltd., in the name of the deceased. The face value of the said shares would come around Rs.8,10,880/-. The deceased V.Sivaramakrishnan died intestate. A due and diligent search has been made for a Will, but it was not found. Since the petitioners are the only legal heirs of the assets of the deceased and there is no other next of kin to the Page No.2 of 7
deceased and in order to get those shares, the Succession Certificate is necessary to them. Therefore, they have filed this petition.
3. After filing of this Original Petition, the petitioners were directed to effect paper publication and the same was also effected. No any objection was received from any party. Thereafter, the matter was posted for examination of witnesses and the evidence was recorded. On the side of the petitioners, they examined PW1 and marked Ex.P.1 to Ex.P7.
4. This Court also perused the entire documents including the evidences. The 1 st petitioner namely, Mrs. Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan has been examined as PW1 and Exhibits Ex.P.1 to P.7 have been marked. On a careful perusal of the evidence of PW1 and the documents Ex.P.1 to Ex.P7, they reveal that the petitioners are the legal heirs of the deceased V.Sivaramakrishnan to succeed his estates and he died intestate, thereby, the petitioners are entitled to get the share certificates. Page No.3 of 7
5. In view of the same, this Original Petition is allowed. The petitioners are equally entitled to the value of the petition-mentioned assets and a direction for grant of Succession Certificate in favour of the petitioners with power to collect the securities and to receive the interest and dividends on and negotiate and transfer the securities specified in the schedule hereto.
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Yes/No Speaking Order :
Yes/No ssd APPENDIX:
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List of Petitioner side Witnesses:
PW1 :
Mrs. Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan List of Petitioner side Documents:
Exhibit No.
Date Description of Documents Ex.P.1.
- Computer generated death certificate of Mr.V.Sivaramakrishnan Ex.P.2 - Computer generated legal heirship certificate of Mr.V.Sivaramakrishnan Ex.P.3 - Photocopy of the Share Certificate of Marksans Pharma Limited, bearing Reg.Folio No.V001020 and Certificate No.000710 stands in the name of Mr.V.Sivaramakrishnan Ex.P.4.
19.02.2025 E-mail communication sent to M/s Marksans Pharma Limited Ex.P.5 30.01.2025 Reply E-mail communication dated 30.01.2025 received from M/s Big Share Service Pvt., Ltd., Ex.P.6 - Certificate under Section 63(4)(C) of BSA for Exs.P.1, P.2, P.4 and P.5 Ex.P.7.
14.10.2025 Copy of Paper Publication effected in one issue of Tamil Daily Dina Kural'
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