Executor appointed in probate proceedings cannot be removed unless gross misconduct or mismanagement, abuse or misuse of probate is demonstrated: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court held that naming of an administrator pendente lite would not come up unless and until the Executor was initially removed by the appropriate Court as per Section 301 of Succession Act, 1925. Further, it was held that an executor appointed in probate proceedings would not be readily removed unless gross misconduct, gross mismanagement, abuse, or misuse of probate was demonstrated.