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Supreme Court Pauses Fresh Adjudication of Bhopal Nawab’s Estate

Petitioners argued the remand breached civil procedure norms, prompting a stay with a hearing set for September on preserving the 2000 trial ruling.

Actor Saif Ali Khan during an event in Mumbai.
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The 2019 ruling by the top court had clarified that Muslim personal law governs the succession of private property, meaning the Nawab’s property should be divided among all legal heirs.. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
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Overview

  • The Supreme Court granted an interim stay on the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s June 30 order to send the decades-old estate dispute back for fresh adjudication.
  • A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Atul Chandurkar issued notices to the Union, Madhya Pradesh government and all heirs and listed the matter for a further hearing in early September.
  • Omar Faruq Ali and Raashid Ali challenged the remand under Civil Procedure Code norms, arguing no party had sought new evidence or a retrial.
  • The stay leaves intact the February 2000 trial court judgment that recognized Nawab Hamidullah Khan’s daughter Sajida Sultan and her descendants, including Saif Ali Khan, as sole heirs.
  • The dispute centers on whether a 1962 government succession certificate overrides Muslim personal law, as affirmed by the Supreme Court in its 2019 ruling on private property succession.