A petition in the prescribed format must be file to the civil Court—within whose jurisdiction the deceased ordinarily resided at the time of his death or the asset of the deceased is situated. The petition should contain names of all heirs of deceased date and place of death should be mentioned in the application. A copy of the death certificate needs to be filed along the application.
Monnishaa Mahajan, Principal Attorney at Legal Help NRI. Monnishaa has an experience of more than 15 years in assisting and advising NRI's in resolving their disputes in India.