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Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
MP High Court remands property dispute involving heirs of ex-Bhopal Nawab, including Saif Ali Khan, back to trial court after 25 years
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on June 30 set aside a trial court order from over 25 years ago that had deemed Saif Ali Khan, his sisters and mother as the successors to the properties in appeals by heirs of the elder brother of the erstwhile Nawab of Bhopal. The heirs of erstwhile Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal, who passed away in 1960, as well as those of his elder brother, were seeking partition and succession of the private properties as per Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937, as was in force at the time of the then Nawab's death, and moved trial court in this regard in 1999. Begum Suraiya Rashid, heir of Obaidullah Khan, the elder brother of the erstwhile Nawab of Bhopal Hamidullah Khan, and Qamar Taj Rabia Sultan, the Nawab's heir, represented by Advocate Aadil Boparia, filed appeals challenging a trial court order in 2000. The court decreed two personal properties in favour of the heirs of Sajida Sultan, the second daughter of Nawab Hamidullah, and Saif's paternal grandmother. Sajida was declared Nawab following Hamidullah's death, and she died in 1995. The decision of the trial court had come in partition suits moved by the heirs of the Nawab's family in 1999. After 25 years of the appeals being heard before the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh HC, Justice Sanjay Dwivedi, in an order on June 30, allowed them. The bench, however, remanded all the parties back to the trial court, and granted the liberty to move an appropriate application before the trial court. The appellant heirs contended that the trial court erroneously assumed that the private properties of the Nawab are part of the throne and will thus automatically pass on to the successor to the throne. They argued that the properties have nothing to do with succession, and the partition of the properties will be governed by the personal law of succession. Concurring with the appellants' submissions, the Madhya Pradesh High Court said, '…The matters need to be remanded back to the trial Court for deciding it afresh because these are the suits for partition. And if ultimately, the trial Court comes to the conclusion that suits have to be allowed, then the share of the parties can be determined only by the trial Court while passing the preliminary decree, and that can be further finalised by the trial Court itself after carrying out the necessary formalities of partition.' 'Thus, in my opinion, the impugned judgment and decree deserve to be and are hereby set aside….It is made clear that since the suits were initially filed in the year 1999, therefore, the trial Court shall make all possible efforts to conclude and decide it expeditiously, preferably within a period of one year,' added the court.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
After 9 yrs, Mamata meets B'desh envoy at Nabanna
Kolkata: After a gap of nine years, chief minister met Bangladesh high commissioner to India M Riaz Hamidullah at Nabanna on Monday, for nearly 40 minutes. This marked the first such interaction since 2016, when Syed Muazzem Ali, the then Bangladesh high commissioner, had met the CM. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Despite attempts by subsequent envoys, meetings did not materialise. Chief secretary Manoj Pant attended Monday's meeting along with Bangladesh's acting deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, Sikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman. Nabanna officials remained reserved about the meeting's details and Hamidullah was unavailable for comment. Hamidullah posted on X: "Paid a courtesy call on CM of West Bengal in Kolkata. She reflected on deeper Bangladesh-India connects and need to strengthen ties in shared interests in mutually beneficial ways." The Bangladesh deputy high commission released a statement describing it as a courtesy meeting. "Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressed her hope to the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Riaz Hamidullah, at her office in Nabanna, to strengthen the traditional ties between the people of Bengal and Bangladesh. During the cordial and warm courtesy meeting, the CM requested the High Commissioner to convey her greetings to Bangladesh's chief advisor Professor Dr Yunus and the people of Bangladesh. This was the first courtesy meeting of the newly appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh with any chief minister of India. During the meeting, the CM noted that the enduring linguistic, cultural and shared values-based spiritual connection between the people of Bengal and Bangladesh goes beyond economic and commercial relations. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now She expressed her commitment to maintaining her communication with Bangladesh in the future," it said. The meeting took place in the backdrop of recent tensions following the vandalism of 's historic 'Kachhari Bari' at Sirajganj two weeks ago. The Nobel laureate had close links with the Sirajganj house as he used to visit this place frequently. Banerjee sent a strongly worded letter to PM Narendra Modi on June 12, requesting intervention with the Bangladesh govt. In her letter, she said: "I would urge you to kindly take up the matter very strongly with the neighbouring country's govt, so that no stone is left unturned to swiftly bring to justice the perpetrators of this heinous and mindless act. Although untold damage has already been done, a strong international protest would at least deter in future any attack on monuments of cultural legacies that have withstood steadfastly all tests of time. " Diplomatic sources indicated that Hamidullah may have explained the actual circumstances of the vandalism to the CM, as Dhaka had previously said that it was a local law enforcement matter.
