Ending a decade-long legal battle, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld the elevation of Dawoodi Bohra community's spiritual leader Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddun as the 'Dai-al-Mutlaq' and dismissed a suit filed by his cousin, Syedna Taher .
India News: Bombay HC brought closure to a decade-long legal dispute concerning the succession of the Syedna, the esteemed spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra c
Justice Gautam S Patel has been hearing the suit for final disposal since November last year. In 2014, the 52nd Dai-al-Mutlaq, Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin, passed away, and his son, Mufaddal Saifuddin, succeeded him. This was challenged by Syedna's half-brother, Khuzaima Qutbuddin, in the HC.