1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O. O. C. J. TESTAMENTARY PETITION NO.1102 OF 2007 Sudeshna S. Shekharan. ...Petitioner. Mr.Madhusudhan T.S. ...Deceased.. .... Ms.Asmita Sali for the Petitioner. None for the Respondent. ..... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J. June 22, 2009. P.C. The mother of T.S. Madhusudhan has instituted these proceedings for the grant of a succession certificate on the presumption that her aforementioned son is dead at sea in an accident which is alleged to have taken place on 7th June 1998. The deceased is stated to have been working on a ship which was lost at Sea on 8th June 1998 while it was sailing from Aqaba in Jordan to Bhavnagar. A fascimal transmission was received from Marwan Shipping and Trading Co. L.I.C. acting as General Agents stating that 2 the ship had last sent a message at 2255 hrs, GMT. No further message was received from the Ship and the crew is presumed to have died in the incident. The name of the Petitioner is shown as a proposer in Insurance policies issued by the Life Insurance Corporation. The deceased has not been heard of since the date of the incident which took place on 8th June 1998. In these circumstances, the reliefs that have been sought in the petition would have to be granted. The petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (a-1) subject to the removal of all office objections including in regard to the payment of Court fee which shall be a condition precedent. ........