India, Dec. 16 -- For the last many years, 59-year-old Meeta Prasad made Annapurna Bhandar her first stop for sweets for every occasion, from Durga Puja to birthdays. However, the 96-year-old shop closes on December 31 after a three-year legal battle, ending a tradition for Prasad and many others who flocked to the shop to quench their sugar cravings or celebrate an occasion.

Located just a few steps from Chandni Chowk's Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, the 1929-founded sweet shop has been involved in a legal battle between the owner and the Mukherjee family, which operated the shop.

81-year-old Mihir Mukherjee, who had been running the shop for the past 60 years, said: "My grandfather MM Mukherjee worked for British railways before Independen...