The Supreme Court has stayed the order for a fresh hearing of the dispute related to the property of the late Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal. On July 6, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had ordered a re -hearing, canceling the decision of the lower court in the year 2000. The decision that the High Court had canceled was in favor of the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and his heirs Sharmila Tagore, Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan and Saba Sultan.

The dispute related to the property worth thousands of crores of rupees of Nawab Hamidullah Khan is more than 50 years old. After his death in 1960, his daughter Sajida Sultan was declared Nawab Begum. Saif Ali Khan’s father Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Sajida Sultan. Other members of Nawab Hamidullah Khan’s family say that all property is ancestral. It should be divided according to the Sharia law, but in the year 2000, the trial court described Sajida Sultan’s son and his heirs as entitled to property.

The appeal against this decision was pending in the High Court for 25 years. In the end, the High Court cited some old decisions related to succession and said that the trial court did not pay attention to them. Buying this, the High Court ordered the trial court to hear a fresh hearing. Omar Farooq and Rashid Ali, the 2 heirs of the elder brother of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, who are claiming the property, reached the Supreme Court against it. He said that no party had demanded a fresh hearing.

The bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar stayed the High Court order after hearing the arguments of senior advocate Devdutt Kamat, appearing for the petitioner side. The court has issued notice to all the parties related to the case and asked them to file a reply.