Vijay Satyaranjan Basrur v. Mira Vasant Hattangady

ssd Before: Shri S. S. Agate Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master Date : 12th July, 2024 CALLED FOR DIRECTION:

22. TP/676/2024 Ms. Alisha Lambay Adv. i/b. Lambay & Co., for the Petitioner.

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1. Perused Petition which is filed online. Heard Ld. Advocate for the Petitioner. This Petition is for Probate of Last Will and Testament of the deceased filed by the Petitioner Vijay Satyaranjan Basrur being the sole Executor named under the Will of the deceased. Deceased Mira Vasant Hattangady, said to have died at Mumbai on 11.06.2020. Copy of Death Certificate is annexed to the Petition. Copy of Aadhaar Card of the deceased as ID Proof is annexed to the petition.

2. Ms. Lambay, Advocate for the Petitioner submits that deceased left behind her last Will and Testament which was duly executed at Mumbai on 01.08.2017. The said Will is in English language.

3. Ms. Lambay, Advocate for the Petitioner submits that deceased was governed under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It is submitted that the Parents and husband of the deceased predeceased the deceased.

Deceased died as widow and left behind her one daughter and two sons. Save and except as mentioned in para -7, there are no other legal heirs and next of kin left by the deceased.

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4. Petitioner's Oath is filed. Consent Affidavits of daughter and two sons of the deceased as mentioned in para 7 are on record. Affidavit of N. Kalyanpur, one of the attesting witness to the Will is filed. Affidavit of service of General Citation is filed. All Affidavits are filed online. All other legal formalities are complied with. Hence, Petition is granted.

5. Office to issue Probate as expeditiously prayed after verifying whether any Cross Petition or Caveat is filed.

Addl. Registrar (O.S.) / Addl. Prothonotary and Senior Master 12.07.2024