Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- A Chandigarh court has granted 33.33% share of erstwhile Faridkot ruler Harinder Singh Brar's Rs.40,000-crore estate to Amrinder Singh, grandson of the ruler's brother Kanwar Manjit Inder Singh.

Amrinder had filed an execution plea one year after the Supreme Court in September 2022 upheld an order of the Punjab and Haryana high court, distributing the royal property among legal heirs - the ruler's daughters and brother's descendants.

The properties include Raj Mahal in Faridkot, spread over 14 acres; Qila Mubarak in Faridkot; Faridkot House, located on prime land on Copernicus Marg, New Delhi; a plot in Sector 17, Chandigarh; and a fort at Manimajra. Several other properties of the king are located all over the co...