Overview

• Justice Sanjay Dwivedi set aside the Bhopal trial court’s 2000 decree and directed a retrial to conclude within one year.
• The High Court dismissed Saif Ali Khan’s petition challenging the 2014 classification of the ancestral assets as enemy property.
• By missing a January deadline to appeal after his stay was lifted, Khan’s family allowed the Custodian of Enemy Property to assume control of the estate.
• Rival heirs had challenged the original decision that awarded the entire estate to Sajida Sultan, arguing inheritance should follow Muslim Personal Law.
• The fresh trial will reassess competing claims of Nawab Hamidullah Khan’s descendants over prime land and palaces across Bhopal.