RESERVED ON: 05.03.2026 PRONOUNCED ON: 18.03.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18^TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO. 2695 OF 2025 (ISA)

BETWEEN:

SMT MANJULAMMA N W/O SRI ANANDAKUMAR A AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS , 798/1, SAROJAMMA COMPOUND, NEAR COCONUT GARDEN, T DASRAHALLI, BANGALORE NORTH - 560 057.

…APPELLANT (BY SRI.HIREMATH PRAVEENKUMAR APPAYYA., ADVOCATE)

AND:

NIL …RESPONDENT THIS MFA IS FILED UNDER SECTION 299 INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 14.02.2025 PASSED IN P & SC NO.15017/2023 ON THE FILE OF THE V ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL (TO SIT AT DEVANAHALLI), REJECTING THE PETITION FILED UNDER SECTION 276 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT.

THIS APPEAL HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR JUDGMENT, COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT THIS DAY, JUDGMENT IS DELIVERED/ PRONOUNCED AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF

CAV JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF)

The petitioner in Probate Application is before us in this appeal filed under Section 299 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, call