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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Letters of Administration Due to Lack of Jurisdiction and Non-Compliance with Probate Requirements. Petitioner failed to establish that the deceased was domiciled in India and that the will was validly executed under Indian law.

The petitioner, Hameed Jaffar Ahmed Ibrahim Mandeel, filed a Miscellaneous Petition under the Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction of the Bombay Hi...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Lineal Descendant in Succession Certificate Revocation Case. Respondent Held to Have No Locus Standi as She Was Not a Lineal Descendant of the Deceased Under Section 33(a) of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.

The appeal arose from a proceeding to revoke a Succession Certificate granted to the appellant, Joseph Easwaran Wapshare, on 16.03.2005, in respect of...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revocation Petition in Probate Case — Sisters of Predeceased Wife Not Heirs of Testator Under Indian Succession Act. Court holds that only kindred of the deceased, not kindred of the predeceased spouse, are entitled to citation in probate proceedings.

The case concerns a revocation petition filed by Angelina Pascoal Mendes and Philomena Pascoal Mendes (petitioners) seeking to revoke the grant of pro...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Wakf Succession Dispute, Upholds Male Lineal Descent Requirement. The term 'putro poutradi krome' in a wakf deed restricts mutawalliship to male descendants, and a mutawalli cannot transfer his office without express authorization in the wakf deed.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal arising from a dispute over the mutawalliship of a wakf estate in West Bengal. The wakf, created by a registere...

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Supreme Court Upholds Impartible Estate Status of Nazul Property in Former Ruler's Succession Dispute. Perpetual Leasehold Rights Held as Part of Impartible Estate Governed by Primogeniture, Not Coparcenary Property.

The Supreme Court of India heard civil appeals arising from a common judgment of the Allahabad High Court concerning the nature of perpetual leasehold...