India, Sept. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday struck down an attempt to usurp a Rs.150-crore bungalow in Malabar Hill, built by the legendary eye specialist Sir Jamshedji Duggan. A single judge bench of justice Kamal Khata revoked the letters of administration granted by the high court on June 3, 2022 in favour of a 67-year-old Mumbai Central resident, Bilkish Yunus Namakwala.

Namakwala had claimed that the bungalow was gifted to her by Dr Duggan's wife, Lady Jena Duggan, via a purported will dated April 6, 1993, after the latter failed to repay a loan of Rs.27 lakh taken from her in 1980. Within a fortnight of the court granting letters of administration in Namakwala's favour in 2022, she had transferred the bungalow to her name. ...