In a significant legal victory for actor Saif Ali Khan and the Pataudi family, a civil court has dismissed a decades-old suit challenging the ownership of a prime land parcel in Madhya Pradesh. The ruling, delivered in favour of Saif Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, and other legal heirs of the erstwhile Bhopal royal family, puts an end to a long-running dispute over the 16.62-acre property in Nayapura, reaffirming the family’s rightful claim.

About the dispute

The dispute began in 1998, when Akeel Ahmed and his associates filed a case asserting ownership of the land, alleging that it had been gifted in 1936 by Nawab Hamidullah Khan, a member of the erstwhile Bhopal royal family, to their ancestors. They argued that this transaction entitled them to the property. However, the petitioners failed to present any concrete documentary proof supporting their claim in court.