Actress Meena Kumari bought 2.5-acre plot in Mumbai's Pali Hill in 1959; here's why the property is going viral
Director Kamal Amrohi, who has delivered back-to-back hits like Mahal, Pakeezah, Daaera, was married to Meena Kumari. They met during the filming of 1952's Tamasha. Veteran actor Ashok Kumar introduced them. They fell in love and married in the same year. Their love story has been discussed several times in the past, and it has now again come into the news for a reason.
When they were alive, Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi purchased a land measuring over 11,000 square yards at Pali Hill in Bandra. It was priced around Rs 5 lac at that time. The land was leased to the Cozihome Co-operative Housing Society Limited in 1966, who built five buildings at a rent of Rs 8,835 per month. 162 families
In 1990, Amrohi terminated the lease agreement, claiming that the society had failed to pay the agreed rent and had defaulted in payments. The society said they paid less rent because some of the land did not belong to the owner.
In 1991, Kamal Amrohi filed a suit to vacate the land as the rent was outstanding. The outstanding rent was Rs 66,060. Amrohi died two years after filing the case, but his children continued the legal battle. On April 23, 2025, the Small Cause Court of Bandra gave its verdict in favour of Kamal Amrohi's son, builder Tajdar Amrohi and Arham Land Developers.
Tajdar said that they won the case. The society, with 162 families, has been asked to vacate the place within six months after a 33-year-long legal battle.
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