Boney Kapoor told the Madras High Court that his late wife Sridevi had purchased the ECR farmhouse in 1988, but three individuals are wrongly claiming rights using a “fraudulent” certificate. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh has directed the Tahsildar to decide within four weeks.
Chennai: Renowned film producer Boney Kapoor has moved the Madras High Court against what he described as unlawful claims made by three individuals over a property purchased by his late wife, legendary actress A. Sridevi, in Chennai.
The disputed land is located on East Coast Road (ECR) and was bought by Sridevi on April 19, 1988.
On Monday (August 25, 2025), Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court directed the Tambaram Taluk Tahsildar to take a decision within four weeks on a complaint filed by Kapoor.
He has sought the cancellation of a “fraudulent” legal heirship certificate that had been granted in favour of the three individuals.
The Court issued this order while disposing of a writ petition filed by Kapoor, who had asked for directions to the Chengalpattu Collector and Tambaram Taluk Tahsildar to decide on his representation dated April 22, 2025.
In that representation, Kapoor urged the authorities to cancel the disputed legal heirship certificate.
Explaining the matter before the Court, Kapoor said that his wife had lawfully purchased the property in 1988 and ever since then, Sridevi and her family had been in full possession and enjoyment of it. The property is currently being used as a farmhouse.
According to Kapoor, the land originally belonged to one M.C. Sambanda Mudaliar, who had three sons and two daughters.
The family members had made a mutual arrangement on February 14, 1960, for the division of the property among themselves. On the basis of this arrangement, Sridevi purchased the land and had a registered sale deed in her favour.
However, Kapoor stated that years later, three people suddenly started claiming that they also had rights over the property.
These individuals asserted that they were the second wife and two children of one of Mr. Mudaliar’s sons. They even obtained a legal heirship certificate from the Tambaram Tahsildar in 2005 to strengthen their claims.
Kapoor strongly objected to this and told the Court that the Tahsildar did not even have the jurisdiction to issue such a certificate, as the family of the original landowner had always been living in Mylapore and not in Tambaram.
Further, Kapoor pointed out that the so-called second wife had claimed she got married on February 5, 1975. But, according to him, this was not a legal marriage because the first wife of that son was alive at the time and had passed away only on June 24, 1999.
Therefore, Kapoor argued, the three individuals could not be treated as Class-I or Class-II legal heirs under the Hindu Succession Act.
He complained that the trio had been creating continuous problems by filing multiple civil cases and also approaching revenue officials, using the disputed “fraudulent” legal heirship certificate to try and claim ownership.
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Because of this, Kapoor said he had no choice but to approach the High Court and ask that the false certificate be cancelled at the earliest.
Justice Venkatesh, after hearing the arguments, directed the Tambaram Taluk Tahsildar to take a clear decision within four weeks regarding Kapoor’s complaint.
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