Rajmata’s `will’ may spark Scindia property dispute

Sardar Angre told the The Indian Express that the will was an 11-page document which had been written by the Rajmata in her own handwriting in 1986 and that it’s the only will.

Sources close to Sardar Angre claimed the Rajmata had in the will clearly defined her relationship with a number of persons associated with her, including Dr J.K. Jain and Angre himself. She has also confirmed “gifting” some prime land of Scindia Potteries in Sarojini Nagar here to Dr Jain, they claimed.

Jain is already involved in a dispute with the Rajmata’s daughters, including Union Minister Vasundhara Raje, over the three-acre Sarojini Nagar plot which houses his Jain Studios. He blames Vasundhara Raje for depriving him of a re-nomination to the Rajya Sabha only because he refused to vacate the plot.

But Madhavrao Scindia’s counsel, Dr Abhishek M. Singhvi, claims that a number of cases in the country had already been decided on the basis of Primogeniture, which has as much legal sanctity as part of customary law as any other law.

“Since the injuction obtained by me on behalf of Madhavrao and his family has been upheld by the high court as well as Supreme Court many years ago, no property listed in the suit can be given to anyone else,” said Singhvi.