Providing relief to Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, the Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed his older brother Jaidev Thackeray’s plea for seeking to restrain him from selling or disposing of the family’s property.
While rejecting Mr. Jaidev’s application for relief on their father and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s will, Justice R.D. Dhanuka observed that the court did not have the powers to grant interim protection in respect of properties under the Indian Succession Act.
The estate left behind by Bal Thackeray, includes property and bank deposits worth Rs. 14.85 crore, according to the will signed by the Sena patriarch.
“I am not inclined to accept the applicant’s arguments. When there is a specific bar on granting interim relief in such matters, this court cannot extend its powers,” the court observed.
