MUMBAI: Industrialist Nusli Wadia has been allowed to step in an petitionerin place of his mother Dina, who died last year, in a decade-old claim forownership of Jinnah House by the Bombay high court, the *Times of Indialink*reportedon Friday.
The bungalow at Mumbai, Malabar Hill belonged to Mohammad Ali Jinnah,Dina’s father. Wadia had approached the high court in 2017 following hismother’s death.His counsel Darius Khambata said the son should be permitted to substitutethe mother as the petitioner in the 2007 writ filed by her since he is herlegal heir and representative.
Dina died on November 2, 2017, leaving behind her last will of April 2009relating to her properties in India. A M Sethna, counsel for the centralgovernment, said that since he has not obtained probate, he cannot besubstituted as her legal heir and representative.