Dispute over succession: HC allows Syedna Taher as legal heir to Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin

A single-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Thursday allowed Syedna Taher Fakhruddin to be recognised as the legal heir of his father, Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin, who passed away in March this year. But, at the same time, the court stayed the implementation of the order till December 5 to allow the respondent party to challenge the order before a larger bench or in the Supreme Court.

The bench of Justice R H Shukla passed the order in a case pertaining to a dispute over succession after the death of Dawoodi Bohra’s spiritual head and community’s 52nd “Dai-al-Mutlaq” Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in January 2014. The dispute arose after Syedna Burhanuddin’s elder son, Shahzada Mufaddal, took over as the spiritual head of the community, against the claim made by his uncle, Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin.