Delhi HC junks plea by widow of great-grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar seeking Red Fort's possession

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court's division bench on Friday upheld a single judge's order dismissing a woman's petition seeking possession of the Red Fort.

- HT Correspondent

The woman, Sultana Begum, is the widow of Mirza Mohammed Bedar Bakht, who was the great-grandson and legal heir of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor.

The court junked the plea as Begum, who reportedly resided in Kolkata, had challenged the order after an inordinate delay of more than two-and-a-half years, said a bench of acting chief justice Vibhu Bakhru and justice Tushar Rao Gedela.