Shanta Dinkar Mandhare vs Vanita Janardan Mandhare — 13/2025

Summary The Wai Civil Judge rejected the respondents' application to reject the succession certificate plea under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, finding the mother's (applicant's) claim discloses a valid cause of action as a Class-I heir seeking service benefits. However, the court held it lacks territorial jurisdiction since the deceased ordinarily resided in Mumbai, where all related assets and employment were located, not in Wai's jurisdiction under Section 371 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. The application was returned to the applicant for presentation before the competent Mumbai court. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.