(1.) Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.
(2.) This is an application for appointment of an Administrator pendente lite under Sec. 247 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (the Succession Act) for the estate described in the Schedule-I appended to the Testamentary Petition, except for the listed at serial Nos.1 and 9. The principal prayer is to an appoint the Court Receiver, High Court Bombay as the Administrator pendente lite. In the alternative, the applicant has prayed that she be appointed as an Administrator.
(3.) Shorn of unnecessary details, the background facts can be stated as under: