Time Limits for Probate & Letters of Administration in India

2024 0 Supreme(Gau) 805

of administration or for a grant of probate. ... Section 263 of the said Act relates to revocation or annulment for just cause, the grant of probate or letter of administration. ... Further to that, the proceedings filed for grant of probate or letter of administration is not an action in law, but i....

2022 0 Supreme(Del) 1824

Jai Ram had filed his own probate petition which was registered as Probate Case No. 136/1997 (later on re-numbered as Probate Case No. 184/2005) seeking Letter of Administration in respect of the Will dated 30.01.1996. ... On the issue of delay, it was submitted that the revocation application was filed in time, as Jai Ram obtained knowledge of the grant of Le....

2025 0 Supreme(Kar) 109

It is also contended that the petitioner claims extension of grant of letter of administration in respect of the Will and immovable properties which have been in the Annexure-A in the affidavit of assets. ... v) The petitioner shall render a true account of the property and credits of the deceased to this Court within one year from the date of issuing of extension of grant of letter of administ....

Delhi

In the present case, the relief was sought in the alternative of a Probate/Letter of Administration be issued. ... It is submitted that the matter was adjourned from time to time for obtaining valuation report of the various moveable and immoveable properties of the deceased in order to calculate the Court fee that was payable for issue of Letter of Administration. ... ....

2023 0 Supreme(All) 1436

Where a grant of probate or letters of administration is revoked or annulled under the Act, the person to whom the grant was made shall forthwith deliver the probate or letters of administration to the court which made the grant as provided in Section 296. ... District Judge-16, Kanpur Nagar to decide the letter of Administration Case....

Current Civil Cases

In view of above after the grant of Letters of Administration in favour of Paramanand, since deceased, there is no scope for any substitution of the petitioners and in fact court below has become funtus officio after granting letter of Administration in favour of Paramananda. ... After substitution present petitioners filed amended probate application incorporating their names and prayed for gra....

2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 22314

It is not disputed that today the appellants can file a petition for issue of letter of administration. ... All close relatives who could possibly have had objection have either consented to the grant of administration or chosen not to oppose. ... It is true that Matadin Agarwal ought to have applied for issue of letters of administration and not for probate. However, this did not deba....

High Court Sabah & Sarawak Sibu

), the jurisdiction and power to grant Probate and Letters of administration vested in the Probate Officer. ... The Courts in the State of Sarawak has no original and concurrent jurisdiction with the Probate Officer to grant or revoke a Probate or Letters of Administration. ... [15] There is also no evidence that the Plaintiff ever applied to the #HL_....

2023 0 Supreme(Bom) 502

It is not disputed that today the appellants can file a petition for issue of letter of Administration. ... Both a proceeding for the grant of probate as well as a proceeding for the grant of Letters of Administration with the will annexed is initiated for protecting the interest of the legatees under the will. ... The wife filed proceedings for grant of proba....

By section 539 of the Civil Procedure Code a District Court may grant probate or administration limited to any particular property or for any particular purpose in any case where it considers that a large grant is unnecessary. ... It seems to me contrary to the letter and spirit of the law that duty should be paid for this grant on Mr. Evatt's trust estate in Ceylon. The appeal is in ....

2016 0 Supreme(Kar) 300

S.218 of the Act deals with as to whom administration may be granted, where the deceased is a Hindu, Mohammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina or exempted person whereas S.219 of the Act and which is applicable in the present case, deals with the cases where the deceased is not a Hindu, Mohammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina or exempted person. S.220 deals with the effect of letters of administration, S.222 provides for probate only to the appointed executor; S.223 provides for persons to whom probate cann....

2016 0 Supreme(Bom) 535

I thereunder deals with the grant of probate and letters of administration. Section 211 appearing in Part VIII defines the character and property of executor or administrator as such. We need not refer to all provisions in further details, simply because it is undisputed that the owner left a Will.

2016 0 Supreme(Bom) 534

I thereunder deals with the grant of probate and letters of administration. Section 211 appearing in Part VIII defines the character and property of executor or administrator as such. We need not refer to all provisions in further details, simply because it is undisputed that the owner left a Will.

2016 0 Supreme(P&H) 99

Division 3-Application for Grant of Probate or Administration (2) An applicant or personal representative who, in accordance with the Supreme Court Civil Rules, makes reasonable efforts to discover the existence, identity or whereabouts of persons to whom the notice under subsection (1) is required to be given, but is unsuccessful, is not liable for any loss or damage arising from not giving the required notice except for claims to recover property or enforce an order under D....

2010 0 Supreme(Cal) 23

Probate proceedings stand on a different footing than an ordinary suit. An application for grant of probate or letters of administration The Succession Act In both sections 68 and 295 makes room for the provisions of the Code to be applied to an extent.