1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION MISC. PETITION NO. 85 OF 2010 Glenn John Pashana .... Deceased Satish Pashama ........Petitioner Mr. S.U. Lakdawala for the Petitioner. CORAM: MRS. ROSHAN DALVI, J. DATED : 15TH November, 2010. P.C.: 1. This Petition is filed for issuance of heirship certificate under section 2 of Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 in respect of deceased one Pashana Glenn John. The deceased is stated to have died in an accident. The heirship certificate is required for prosecuting the claim of compensation against the Insurance Company. The deceased served and died in Kuwait. Passport of the deceased is produced. The death certificate of the deceased issued by the authority in Kuwait shows his date of death to be 16-11-2009. 2. The deceased is stated to be a bachelor. The heirs and legal representatives are his brothers and sisters because his parents have expired. The death certificate of the parents are also produced. The deceased died leaving behind seven brothers and 2 two sisters. They have also filed their consent affidavit. 3. Upon the claim of the petitioner that the deceased was a bachelor, heirship certificate is required to be issued to him. However, there is no document produced before the court to show the marital status of the deceased. The heirship certificate shall be issued by the Court Registry on the footing that deceased died as a bachelor and has no wife or children living. I am told that the record of the employment of the deceased shows his marital status. No such record is produced. However, the petitioner who is present in the court confirms the status which is shown in the petition. On the basis of such confirmation, the petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). Heirship certificate be issued to the petitioner. (ROSHAN DALVI, J.)