[2024] KEHC 4929 (KLR)

[2024] KEHC 4929 (KLR)

The court found that the grant issued to the applicants on 4th March 2014 had become useless and inoperative because no summons for confirmation of grant had ever been filed. Under section 76(d)(i) of the Law of Succession Act, a grant may be revoked if it becomes useless and inoperative through subsequent...

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Citation
[2024] KEHC 4929 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: Washington Jeconia Okungu; Applicant: James Peter Okungu
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Kisumu
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Succession Cause 563 of 2009
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Revocation of Grant
Outcome
grant revoked and file closed
Judges
RE Aburili
Legal Topics
Revocation of Grant, Confirmation of Grant, Administration of Estate
Source Language
en
Family and Children Revocation of Grant Confirmation of Grant Administration of Estate

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Parties

Washington Jeconia Okungu

Applicant

James Peter Okungu

Applicant

Procedural Posture

Succession Cause / Ruling on Revocation of Grant

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the grant issued to the applicants should be revoked for failure to file summons for confirmation of grant.
  2. 2 Whether the estate requires a fresh petition for grant of representation.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the grant issued to the applicants on 4th March 2014 had become useless and inoperative because no summons for confirmation of grant had ever been filed. Under section 76(d)(i) of the Law of Succession Act, a grant may be revoked if it becomes useless and inoperative through subsequent circumstances. The court exercised its discretion to annul and revoke the grant, closing the file and directing that any interested person may petition for a fresh grant.

Court Disposition

grant revoked and file closed

Orders

  • The grant issued to Washington Jeconia Okungu and James Peter Okungu on 4th March 2014 is annulled and revoked under section 76(d)(i) of the Law of Succession Act.
  • The file is closed.