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N. J. JAMADAR
Nina Anwar Merchant – Appellant
Versus
Karim Ul Haq Meghani – Respondent
ORDER :
N.J. Jamadar, J.
1. The instant suit is for administration of the estate of late Gulshan Rehman Meghani, in accordance with her last Will and Testament dated 8 July 2020. The applicant/Plaintiff has taken out these Interim Applications for diverse interim reliefs, primarily, to protect the estate of the deceased.
2. The background facts can be summerized as under :
2.1 Late Gulshan Rehman Meghani, the testatrix, was a Shia Imami Ismaili Khoja Muslim. The testatrix passed away on 16 October 2020, issueless. Rehman Meghani, the husband of the testatrix, predeceased her. Rehman had several disputes with his younger brother Kabirdin Meghani, father of Defendant Nos.1 to 3. Rehman Meghani was the sole and absolute owner of Flat No.A-82, 8th Floor, Yuwan Apartments, Mount Mary Road, Bandra Mumbai. Rehman Meghani, during his life time, resided in the said flat along with the testatrix and his sister Dilashad – Defendant No.6.
2.2 Rehman Meghani passed away intestate on 4 March 2009, issueless. The testatrix and three sisters of Rehman, namely, Dilshad – Defendant No.6, late Roshan Bandeali Rupani and late Shahbai Abdul Aziz Harji succeeded to the estate of Rehman Meghani. Disputes aros
The court established that Khoja Muslims are governed by Hindu law for testamentary succession, allowing for valid wills despite the Shariat Act.
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Co-owners of property cannot seek exclusive title or recovery of possession without partitioning the property, reaffirming shared ownership under Hindu law.
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The properties in question were determined to be ancestral, granting coparcenary rights to the daughter under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
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