Madras HC steps in as Boney Kapoor battles fresh | Indian Movie News
The Madras High Court has stepped into a fresh legal battle involving late Bollywood icon Sridevi’s property on Chennai’s East Coast Road (ECR), directing the Tambaram tahsildar to make a clear choice within 4 weeks. The case was introduced ahead by movie producer Boney Kapoor, who has accused three people of fraudulently staking possession over land his spouse had bought back in 1988.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, who presided over the matter, issued the directive after listening to Kapoor’s plea to cancel a legal heirship certificates obtained by the claimants in 2005. According to Kapoor, the doc was wrongly issued in their favour and is now getting used to assert rights over Sridevi’s farmhouse property.
The contested land has deep roots, tracing back to its unique proprietor, M.C. Sambanda Mudaliar. His household had divided the property among three sons and two daughters through a mutual association in 1960. Relying on this association, Sridevi lawfully bought the land on April 19, 1988, through a registered deed. Since then, the actor and her household had full possession and use of the property, which functioned as a farmhouse retreat.
Trouble surfaced years later when three people—claiming to be the second spouse and kids of one of Mudaliar’s sons—immediately started asserting inheritance rights. To help their claims, they secured a legal heirship certificates from the Tambaram tahsildar in 2005.
Kapoor, however, has strongly contested the validity of their claims on a number of grounds. His petition argued that the tahsildar had no jurisdiction to issue such a certificates, since the unique landowner was a resident of Mylapore. More importantly, he asserted that the so-called second marriage was not legally legitimate, making the trio ineligible as legal heirs under the Hindu Succession Act.
Presenting all mandatory evidence to display that the acquisition was real and duly registered, Kapoor urged the court to acknowledge the certificates as fraudulent. Justice Venkatesh, after contemplating both sides, instructed the Tambaram tahsildar to look at the matter completely and ship a conclusive choice within the stipulated four-week period.
As the battle unfolds, the dispute has drawn consideration not only because of the legal complexities but also due to the emotional weight it carries—touching upon the legacy of one of Indian cinema’s most beloved stars, whose premature passing in 2018 still resonates with thousands and thousands of followers.
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