Supreme Court Orders a Stay Order in Saif Ali Khan’s Nawab Estate Dispute

The Supreme Court has stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision to remand a decades-old dispute over the estate of Bhopal’s last ruler, Nawab Hamidullah Khan, to the trial court.

The HC had set aside a 2000 verdict declaring Sajida Sultan, her son Mansoor Ali Khan, and heirs Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Saba Sultan, and Sharmila Tagore as exclusive owners, citing reliance on an overruled 1997 judgment.

Petitioners Omar and Raashid Ali argued the remand violated the Civil Procedure Code. The dispute, dating to 1960, centres on whether succession follows Muslim personal law or primogeniture. 

The case is set for further hearing.