Will May 2017 decide the future for Dawoodi Bohras

The Hon’ble Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court, on March 7, 2017 allowed Chamber Summons No. 1290 of 2016 in Suit No. 337 of 2014, whereby Taher Fakhruddin has been substituted as the Plaintiff after the demise of the Original Plaintiff, Khuzaima Qutbuddin.  Taher Fakhruddin, will now continue the suit against Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin to establish his claim of being the 54th Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra Community after establishing that Khuzaima Qutbuddin was the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq.

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin and his representatives had claimed the suit had abated and that Mufaddal Saifuddin had won the Suit after the demise of Khuzaima Qutbuddin.  The Hon’ble High Court has also fixed a timetable for carrying out the amendments, the Defendant to file an additional written statement, and has listed the Succession Suit for directions in May 2, 2017 itself.

The Defendant’s Senior Counsel asked for a stay on the Judgement, but the Hon’ble Justice G S Patel refused to grant a stay. This is a very positive step towards resolving the issue of the rightful successor to the 52nd Dai His Holiness the Late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA and for the future of the Dawoodi Bohra Community.