Tikka Shatrujit Singh vs Sukjit Singh

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2026 Supreme(SC) 618

PANKAJ MITHAL, S. V. N. BHATTI
Tikka Shatrujit Singh – Appellant
Versus
Sukjit Singh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ujjal Banerjee, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Rai, Adv. Mr. Anmol Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Shrikant Ramteke, Adv. Mr. Deeptam Bhadauria, Adv. Ms. Taruna, Adv. Mr. Shubham Jain, Adv. Mr. Nikhil R.T., Adv. Mr. Swapnil Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shivambika Sinha, Adv. Ms. Nimita Kaul, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Mendiratta, Adv. Mr. Anuj Pawar, Adv. Mr. Harshit Gupta, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Santosh Paul, Sr. Adv. Dr. Arun Mohan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv. Ms. Swastika Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Rai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Samaiya, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Raj Shekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aashna Chawla, Adv. Rajarshi Roy, Adv. Advaita Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR

JUDGMENT :

PANKAJ MITHAL, J.

1. We have heard Shri Nikhil Nayyar, Senior Counsel for the appellants, Shri Santosh Paul and Dr. Arun Mohan, Senior Counsel appearing for the contesting respondent and Shri Raj Shekhar Rao, Senior Counsel representing the proforma respondent No.2-Ms. Gayatri Devi, who is supporting the case of the appellants.

2. The dispute in this appeal is between two arms of the erstwhile royal family of Kapurthala. One arm is that of Brigadier Sukhjit Singh¹[Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Brigadier’], the eldest male lineal descendant of late Maharaja Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala, who has also been recognized as the ruler of Kapurthala by the Government of India. The other arm is led by his estranged wife, Smt. Gita Devi (now deceased) and their two sons, Shatrujit Singh and Amanjit Singh (now deceased), as well as their two daughters, Priti Devi and Gayatri Devi.

3. The Brigadier filed Original Suit No.35 of 1977 seeking a declaration of certain properties as his personal properties. Another suit, being Original Suit No. 1052 of 1977, was filed by his wife, sons, and daughters, seeking partition of the family properties, claiming that certain properties were ancestra

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2026 Supreme(SC) 618

PANKAJ MITHAL, S. V. N. BHATTITikka Shatrujit Singh – AppellantVersusSukjit Singh – Respondent

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PANKAJ MITHAL, S. V. N. BHATTI
Tikka Shatrujit Singh – Appellant
Versus
Sukjit Singh – Respondent