RAM AWATAR LAL AGRAWAL @ RAM AWTAR LAL AGARWAL S/O LATE PEYARE LAL AGARWAL Vs. MRS. RUCHI JAIN, W/O ROHIT JAIN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present petition has been filed by the petitioner Ms. M.A.I. Kovoor alias Anna Kovoor ('Anna' for short) under seeking a Letter of Administration under the said provisions in respect of estate of her deceased sister Elizabeth Ipe Kovoor who died on 7.7.2011 at Sahaya Holistic Integrative Hospital, Bangalore, and according to the petitioner, she died intestate leaving her property in Bangalore and Mumbai.

(2.) The said petition was filed by the petitioner Anna on 13.8.2014 after the earlier petition filed by her under Section 218 (and not Section 219) came to be rejected by this Court as not maintainable in the very case, dismissed on 01.03.2013. The petitioner Anna has arrayed the other siblings viz., brothers, sisters and sister's two sons of the deceased Elizabeth in the following sequence.

(3.) The petitioner claims that the deceased Elizabeth, during her lifetime, remained unmarried and therefore, she was not having any lineal descendants and since the biological parents of deceased Elizabeth viz., her father Thomas Ipe Kovoor (Sr.) died on 16.8.1988 and his spouse Annamma Ipe Kovoor (nee) Mathew died on 6.11.2003 and all the members of the family being Indian Christians, the case is covered by the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 ('Act' for short). The petitioner being a sibling and real sister of the deceased Elizabeth and is otherwise not suffering from any disability or disqualification to be appointed as Administrator for the estate of the deceased, the details of which are given in the schedule of the present petition. She valued the said estate at Rs.2,45,26,700/- and after deducting all lawful deductions, the net value is declared at Rs. 1,77,89,371/-including movable and immovable assets.