Saif Ali Khan Wins Bhopal Royal Land Dispute, Claimants' 16-Acre Bid Rejected

• A Bhopal court ruled in favor of Saif Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, and Soha Ali Khan in a 16.62-acre land dispute.
• The civil petition challenging the ownership of the Nayapura land, once part of the Bhopal princely state, was dismissed.
• Claimants alleged the land was a 1936 'inayat' (gift) from Nawab Hamidullah Khan to their father, Vakil Ahmed.
• The court rejected the claim due to lack of concrete evidence and noted the land was listed as Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's private property in the 1949 Bhopal Merger Agreement.
• The Pataudi family had previously sold 12.62 acres of the disputed land to a builder in 1998, prior to the lawsuit.

Why It Matters: Saif Ali Khan and family secure ownership of Bhopal royal land as court dismisses 16-acre claim.