[2017] KEHC 4252 (KLR)
The court exercised its discretion to set aside the order revoking the grant of probate, noting that the application was unopposed and that the executors had now sought to regularize the position by applying for confirmation. The court found it just to allow the application, but imposed a strict timeline for filing...
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- Citation
- [2017] KEHC 4252 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Executors of the Estate of Nagindas Ramji Parmar
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Commercial Courts)
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Succession Cause 2749 of 2002
- Procedural Posture
- Succession Cause / Ruling on Application to Set Aside Revocation of Grant and Extension of Time
- Outcome
- Application to set aside revocation of grant allowed; extension of time to apply for confirmation granted subject to conditions.
- Judges
- DN Musyoka
- Legal Topics
- Succession, Grant of Probate, Revocation of Grant, Confirmation of Grant
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Executors of the Estate of Nagindas Ramji Parmar
Applicant
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Application to Set Aside Revocation of Grant and Extension of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the order revoking the grant of probate should be set aside.
- 2 Whether the executors should be granted an extension of time to apply for confirmation of grant.
Ratio Decidendi
The court exercised its discretion to set aside the order revoking the grant of probate, noting that the application was unopposed and that the executors had now sought to regularize the position by applying for confirmation. The court found it just to allow the application, but imposed a strict timeline for filing the application for confirmation, failing which the previous revocation order would automatically be reinstated. This approach balanced the need for finality in succession matters with the interests of justice and the right of the executors to be heard.
Court Disposition
Application to set aside revocation of grant allowed; extension of time to apply for confirmation granted subject to conditions.
Orders
- Order of 11th March 2014 revoking the grant is set aside.
- Executors to file application for confirmation of grant within thirty (30) days of this order.
Full Case Text
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11 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
SUCCESSION CAUSE NO. 2749 OF 2002
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NAGINDAS RAMJI PARMAR (DECEASED)
RULING
1. On 11th March 2014 I made an order suo moto, under section 76 of the Law of Succession Act, Cap 160, Laws of Kenya, revoking the grant of probate herein after the executors had failed to seek its confirmation ten (10) years after the grant was made to them.
2. The executors have now approached the court, by a Motion dated 1st December 2016, seeking the setting aside of the order of 11th March 2014 and extension of time to apply for confirmation. The application was served. It is not opposed. I shall grant it as prayed.
3. However, the application for confirmation of grant shall be filed within thirty (30) days of date of this order, failing which the order in paragraph 2 above shall lapse and the orders of 11th March 2014 shall stand automatically reinstated.
DATED, SIGNED and DELIVERED at NAIROBI THIS 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 2017.
W. MUSYOKA
JUDGE