Revocation of Probate Not Maintainable on Grounds of Title Dispute. Bombay High Court
17 Mar 2026The Bombay High Court held that a probate cannot be revoked on the ground that the testator lacked title to the bequeathed property. S...
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Bombay High Court Allows Probate Petition for Will Executed by NRI in Ecuador. Will executed abroad by Non-Resident Indian held valid under Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925, and probate granted to executor in Mumbai.
16 Oct 2025The petitioner, Sarwan Kumar Jhabarmal Choudhary, filed a testamentary petition (L) No. 6300 of 2024 in the Bombay High Court seeking probate of the L...
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Bombay High Court Grants Probate of Will Executed on Same Day as Testatrix's Death, Upholding Its Validity Despite Challenge by Legal Heir. The court held that the execution of the Will was duly proved by attesting witnesses and the suspicious circumstances were dispelled.
7 Sep 2023The plaintiff, Pravin Laxmidas Tanna, filed a suit seeking probate of the last Will and Testament dated 15.01.2004 of Savita Hiralal Bhindora, who exp...
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Bombay High Court Allows Impleadment of Legal Heirs and Conversion of Probate to Letters of Administration in Testamentary Suit. The court held that the right to sue survives to legal representatives of deceased executor and that probate proceedings can be converted to letters of administration under the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
26 Jun 2023The judgment arises from two interim applications filed by Deepika S. Panicker and others, claiming to be legal heirs of the deceased appellant Kunjum...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Probate Granted to Executors of Will — Will Proved in Manner Required by Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Section 68 of Evidence Act, 1872
8 Aug 2014The appeal arose from a probate proceeding concerning the Will of Purvez Burjor Dalal, a Parsi who died on 7th December 2011. The appellant, Manek Dar...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Revocation of Probate as Time-Barred. Petition filed 12 years after knowledge of probate held to be barred by limitation under Article 137 of Limitation Act, 1963.
29 Apr 2014The petitioners, daughter and widow of the deceased Vithal Shyamdas Jhaveri, filed a Miscellaneous Petition in 2012 seeking revocation of the probate ...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Amendment of Probate Schedule by Prothonotary. Prothonotary has power to allow amendment of schedule of assets in probate proceedings under Section 317 of Indian Succession Act, 1925.
11 Oct 2013The petitioners, Mukesh Ramanlal Gokal and Bharat Ramanlal Gokal, filed a petition under the Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction of the Bombay Hig...
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Bombay High Court Allows Executor's Application for Probate in Will Dispute — Caveat Dismissed for Lack of Interest. Court held that a caveator claiming under an unproduced Will has no caveatable interest under Section 284 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
23 Aug 2013The case involves a Notice of Motion filed by Daya Subhash Tiwari, the applicant and original petitioner in a probate petition, seeking dismissal of a...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition to Discharge Caveat in Probate Proceedings — Legatee Under Prior Will Has Caveatable Interest. The Court held that a legatee under a prior Will has a caveatable interest and is entitled to oppose probate of a later Will, and that the testamentary suit challenging the later Will disclosed a cause of action.
25 Jul 2012The case involves a dispute over the estate of Mr. Purvez Burjor Dalal, who died on 7 December 2011. The Petitioner, Manek Dara Sukhadwalla, filed a p...
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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Against Substitution of Beneficiary in Probate Suit — Purposive Interpretation of Indian Succession Act, 1925 Prevents Multiplicity of Proceedings. The Court held that a sole beneficiary can be substituted in place of a deceased executor and the proceeding converted into one for Letters of Administration with the will annexed.
19 Jan 2011The case involves an appeal against an order of a learned Single Judge allowing a Chamber Summons for substitution of the sole beneficiary in place of...
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