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Madras High CourtOP/270/2023ordered

Vijayalakshmi Venkatakrishnan And 2 Others v. No Respondent

2023-12-12Honourable Mr Justice N. Sathish Kumar3 pages

N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

This Original Petition has been filed under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 read with Order XXV Rule 6 of the Madras High Court Original Side Rules, to grant succession certificate in favour of the first petitioner with power to collect the securities and to receive the interests and dividends thereon and negotiate and transfer the securities specified in the schedule.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 3.The first petitioner is the wife of the deceased Shankar Narasimhan; second petitioner is the daughter and third petitioner is the mother of the deceased. The deceased died on 20.11.2018. The petitioners are the legal heirs of the deceased Shankar Narasimhan. Hence, the petitioners seeks succession certificate in favour of the first petitioner. 4.For issuance of succession certificate in respect of the assets left by the deceased, the third petitioner has examined herself as P.W.1 and marked Exs-P.1 to P.11.

5.P.W.1 in her evidence had narrated the averments made in the

petition stating that the petitioners have filed this petition for grant of Succession Certificate in favour of the first petitioner. To prove the death of the deceased, Ex-P.1 is marked; Ex-P.2 is the photocopy of the order of Letters of Administration for the estate of deceased Shankar Narasimhan granted by US Court dated 19.02.2019 in favour of the first petitioner; ExsP.3, P.4, P.5 and P.10 are filed to show the assets left by the deceased; ExP.11 is the legal heir certificate of the deceased. 6.Considering the averments made in the Original Petition and the documents filed by the petitioners, I am satisfied that the petitioners have succeeded the Estate of the deceased Mr.Shankar Narasimhan. Therefore, the Original Petition is ordered as prayed and a direction for grant of Succession Certificate in favour of the first petitioner with power to collect the securities and to receive the interests and dividends thereon and negotiate and transfer the securities specified in the schedule, is issued. 12.12.2023 TK

N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

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