JAIPUR: A property dispute that lingered in courts for over six decades has finally been resolved by Rajasthan High Court. The case, which dates back to 1961 and was classified as the oldest pending first appeal before the Jaipur bench, involved two sons of a former jagirdar, Bishan Singh, fighting over family property in and around Jaipur.The conflict began when the late jagirdar’s younger son Raja Hari Singh claimed that his elder brother Raja Ishwari Singh and their mother were trying to deny him his rightful share of the family assets. The elder brother argued that, as the eldest son in the family, he should have exclusive rights to the contested property under the rule of primogeniture — the old system of inheritance where the eldest male heir exclusively succeeded to a title, throne and estate.A trial court first ruled on this matter in 1978, stating that both brothers, as well as their mother, should each receive a one-third share of the properties in question. However, the elder brother Ishwari Singh appealed the decision to the high court in 1979.Since then, both brothers have passed away, but their children continued the legal fight. During the pendency of the appeal, the trial court issued a final decree on Aug 13, 2026, confirming the original 1978 ruling that divided the properties equally among the heirs.When the case reached the high court again, it was noted that all parties involved had agreed to the final division, and no objections were raised during the court proceedings.Counsel for Achal Singh, the appellant and son of late Ishwari Singh, who resides at Raja Udai Singhji ki Haveli in Jaipur’s Walled City, acknowledged before the high court that no objections were raised before the trial court regarding the proposed division at the final decree stage.Advocate MM Ranjan, representing late Hari Singh, also asserted that the final decree was enacted with the agreement of all parties, including the appellant, who accepted the division according to the 1978 decree.Given that everyone consented to the property arrangement, the single bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain concluded that continuing the appeal would serve no purpose. The high court officially closed the appeal Monday, marking the end of a protracted legal battle that had spanned over 60 years.
