Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar got a major boost in the ongoing battle with a Mumbai builder over his Bandra bungalow plot on Sunday. The original owners of the property, the Seth Mulraj Khatau Trust (SMKT) categorically stating that he is the “perpetual lessee” and not a tenant, as alleged, of the property “for the period of 999 years”. The rent on the property has already been commuted and the “lease is still valid and subsisting”, said a prominent Public Notice released by the SMKT in the media on Saturday-Sunday, through its lawyer, Altamesh Shaikh. The dispute pertains to Dilip Kumar’s iconic Pali Hill bungalow No 16 on a 1,600 sq. Saira Banu has already announced that she will build a museum in honour of Dilip Kumar at the No 16 site, which is mired in a controversy since several years.

Source: Hindustan Times January 06, 2019 11:15 UTC