Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, his mother Sharmila Tagore, sister Soha Ali Khan, and other Pataudi family legal heirs won a civil suit over 16.62 acres in Nayapura, Bhopal. Petitioners challenging ownership claimed entitlement based on historical transactions but failed to provide credible documentation or legally binding proof. The court found insufficient evidence to substantiate their claims and dismissed the suit, reaffirming the family's legal ownership. The dispute had lasted more than two decades. The property holds historical significance for the Pataudi family due to its association with the former ruling elite of Bhopal.

A local court in Bhopal delivered a verdict in a long-running land dispute, ruling in favour of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, his mother Sharmila Tagore, sister Soha Ali Khan and other legal heirs of Bhopal's former royal family. The court dismissed a civil suit challenging ownership of a prime 16.62-acre land parcel in the Nayapura area of Huzur tehsil.

Three Nayapura residents claimed the land had been gifted to their father, late lawyer Ahmed, by Bhopal's last Nawab, Hamidullah Khan, in 1936, citing old revenue records, alleged continuous possession, construction of rooms, engagement of caretakers and permitting others to stay on portions of the land.

The court rejected these arguments, finding the plaintiffs failed to establish the alleged gift through reliable and legally admissible evidence. The court noted the land was recorded as the private property of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in the 1949 Bhopal Merger Agreement executed with the government.

Official records showed that following a family partition, 12.62 acres of the land had been sold by the Pataudi family to a private builder in 1998, before the present suit was instituted.

The verdict ends a prolonged legal battle over the property and could serve as a precedent in similar disputes involving properties linked to Bhopal's former royal family.

A local court in Bhopal dismissed a civil suit challenging ownership of 16.62 acres of prime land in the Nayapura area of Huzur tehsil, ruling in favour of actor Saif Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan and other legal heirs of the erstwhile royal family.

Three residents claimed ownership, arguing the property was gifted to their father, the late Vakil Ahmed, by the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, in 1936 as a reward for services rendered during the princely era. The plaintiffs relied on old revenue records and claimed continuous possession including construction of rooms, engagement of caretakers, and allotment of portions for residence and upkeep.

The court rejected the plaintiffs' claims.

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