Mumbai: Bombay High Court Ne Sheetal Mafatlal Ka Claim Kiya Kharij, Mafatlal Dyes Company Ki Hongi 5 Paintings.
Bombay High Court ne 21 October 2026 ko faisla sunaya ki Mafatlal Dyes and Chemicals Ltd. ki paanch paintings company ki liquidation estate ka hissa hain. Court ne Sheetal Mafatlal ka in paintings par ownership claim kharij kar diya.
Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan ne kaha ki Sheetal Mafatlal ko kai mauke milne ke bawajood woh paintings par apna haq sabit nahi kar sakin.
Batadein Yeh paintings January 2014 mein Mumbai Police Crime Branch ne 44 artworks ke collection se zabt ki thi. Court ke mutabik, company ke asset register, purchase vouchers aur police recovery records se paanch paintings ka company se sambandh saamne aaya.
Inmein M.F. Husain ki do paintings aur F.N. Souza, Biren De aur Jogen Chowdhury ki ek-ek painting shamil hai. Court ne art expert Sonal Singh Naharwar ko in paanch paintings ki auction ki prakriya mein madad aur nigrani ke liye appoint kiya, taaki company ke creditors ke liye unki munasib keemat mil sake.
Baaki 39 paintings ki ownership par abhi faisla nahi hua hai. Court ne un paintings ke daave suljhne tak unki dekhbhaal ke liye bhi hidayat di hai.