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- The Supreme Court has asked the family of late actress Sridevi and the heirs of the land's original owner to settle their Chennai property dispute through mediation.
- The dispute concerns a 2.7-acre plot in Chennai that Sridevi bought under a 1988 sale deed, and which her husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi received after her death in 2018.
- Three claimants who say they are the legal heirs of the original owner MC Chandrasekaran filed a suit in January 2025 seeking to cancel the 1988 sale deed.
- The Madras High Court had ruled in April 2026 in favour of Boney Kapoor, rejecting the claimants' heir status and questioning the delay in filing the suit, and the heirs then appealed to the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court will appoint a retired high court judge as mediator and has posted the case for its next hearing on December 18, so the mediation process will decide how the ownership fight moves forward.
What to watch next
- Appointment of the retired high court judge who will mediate the dispute.
- Outcome of the mediation talks ahead of the December 18 Supreme Court hearing.
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Named India · Abhishek Manu Singhvi · Arun Palli · Boney Kapoor · Janhvi Kapoor · Khushi Kapoor · KV Viswanathan · MC Chandrasekaran · Raju Ramachandran · Sridevi · Supreme Court of India
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