1 MPT.16.2011.sxw mnm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION MISC. PETITION NO. 16 OF 2011 Kishinchand Metharam Hiranandani ...Deceased Mrs. Rajni Kishinchand Hiranandani ...Petitioner Mr. Rajan Malkani i/b. Rajan Malkani & Co. CORAM : SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J. DATED : 26TH JULY, 2011 P.C. : 1. The Petitioner has applied for Legal Heirship Certificate under Section 2 of the Bombay regulation VIII of 1827 in respect of the estate of the deceased Kishinchand Metharam Hiranandani who expired on 31 st August 2010 in Spain. The marriage of the Petitioner performed on 2 nd January 1958 was not registered. The Petitioner has produced her original passport issued by the Passport Authority of India on 27 th March 2000 showing her as the wife of the deceased. Since the Passport has been issued more than 10 years prior to the death of the deceased and is a public document seen to be issued and used in the normal course of conduct of the Petitioner. It also bears stamp of Embassy of India, Madrid showing its cancellation on issuing fresh passport. It is seen that the Petitioner was the legally wedded wife of the deceased and is accordingly the widow of the deceased entitled to be issued the Legal Heirship Certificate. 2. The Petitioner has further produced the passport of her two 2 MPT.16.2011.sxw daughters who have since been married. 3. The Petition is made absolute in terms of prayer (a). 4. The Legal Heirship Certificate shall be issued by the office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court. 5. The original passports produced by the Petitioner are returned to the Advocate of the Petitioner and the xerox copies of the same are taken on record. (SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J.)