September 12, 2026

Section 292 – Indian Succession Act, 1925: Assignment of Administration-Bond

The Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Part IX, Chapter IV: Of the Practice in Granting and Revoking Probates and Letters of Administration

Section 292. Assignment of administration-bond

The Court may, on application made by petition and on being satisfied that the engagement of any such bond has not been kept, and upon such terms as to security, or providing that the money received be paid into Court, or otherwise, as the Court may think fit, assign the same to some person, his executors or administrators, who shall thereupon be entitled to sue on the said bond in his or their own name or names as if the same had been originally given to him or them instead of to the Judge of the Court, and shall be entitled to recover thereon, as trustees for all persons interested, the full amount recoverable in respect of any breach thereof.