Dentons Link Legal successfully secured favourable orders granting Letters of Administration without the Will annexed before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court.
The firm represented a client who was facing significant difficulties in realizing and administering the estates of his parents, both of whom had passed away intestate. The deceased were governed by Muslim Personal Law, and in the absence of a Will, the client encountered practical and procedural impediments in managing the estates.
Notably, while there is no statutory limitation for filing a petition seeking Letters of Administration, the petitions in the present case were filed over nine years after the demise of the client’s father and five years after the demise of the client’s mother. The firm successfully navigated this complexity and secured favourable orders in both matters.
Although both testamentary petitions were filed contemporaneously and heard together, the petition relating to the client’s mother’s estate was procedurally contingent upon a prior order in the father’s petition, requiring careful legal structuring, coordinated advocacy, and strategic sequencing of relief.
Throughout the proceedings, Dentons Link Legal provided strategic advice, ensured timely compliance with procedural requirements.
The matters were led by Mustafa Motiwala (Senior Partner) and Nihal Shaikh (Associate Partner), along with Nikhil Shirsekar (Associate), Aditi Singh (Associate), and Siddhi Phatkare (Articled Clerk).