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Bombay HC directs deceased’s lockers to be opened, checked for old notes

In her will, Dr Sushila Rani Baburao Patel left her estate to a trust named after her. The executrix of her will then filed a probatery petition in court as the banks did not allow them to access her accounts.

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The impact of demonetisation is being felt by parties caught in disputes related to wills. In a case about a petition seeking probate (proving of a will) of a will, the Bombay High Court Friday directed that lockers part of an estate property be broken to ascertain if they have demonetised currency, so the money can be deposited into a new account.

The court was hearing a matter related to the will of Dr Sushila Rani Baburao Patel, whose estate included a bungalow called Girnar at Bandra West.

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In her will, Patel left her estate to a trust named after her. The executrix of her will then filed a probatery petition in court as the banks did not allow them to access her accounts.

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While Patel had died in 2014, her will had been registered in 2010. Her family had contested the will. The present chairman of the trust, Neela Shinde, filed the probate petition as the executrix of the will.

While the matter has been going on in court for one-and-a-half years, the executrix sought opening the lockers belonging to the deceased as the keys were not available with her. She claimed that Patel may have left a lot of money in these lockers which might not be of any value after the deadline set by the government to deposit the demonetised currency, which is December 30.

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Justice Gautam Patel then ordered for a court receiver to open the lockers and directed banks to let the receiver access the accounts to ascertain if they had demonetised currency notes.

First uploaded on: 03-12-2016 at 04:14 IST
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