The Rajasthan High Court has closed the oldest pending first appeal before its Jaipur bench, ending a property dispute that began in 1961 and continued through three generations of the family involved. The case concerned properties in and around Jaipur and concluded after the legal heirs accepted an equal division decree.
The dispute involved the two sons of former jagirdar Bishan Singh. His younger son, Raja Hari Singh, had alleged that his elder brother, Raja Ishwari Singh, and their mother were attempting to deny him his rightful share of the family assets. Ishwari Singh, however, argued that he should have exclusive rights as the eldest son under the principle of primogeniture, an older inheritance system in which the eldest male heir succeeded exclusively to a title, estate or property.
A trial court ruled on the dispute in 1978, holding that the two brothers and their mother should each receive a one-third share of the properties under consideration. Ishwari Singh challenged that decision before the high court in 1979. The appeal remained pending even after both brothers died, with their children continuing the litigation in their place.
The matter returned to the high court after the trial court issued a final decree on August 13, 2026, confirming the equal division set out in the 1978 judgment. During the high court proceedings, it was recorded that all parties had agreed to the proposed final distribution and that no objections had been raised at the trial court stage.
Counsel for Achal Singh, the appellant and son of the late Ishwari Singh, told the court that no objections had been filed against the proposed division before the trial court. Achal Singh resides at Raja Udai Singhji ki Haveli in Jaipur’s Walled City, according to the report. Advocate MM Ranjan, appearing for the late Hari Singh, also stated that the final decree had been issued with the agreement of all parties, including the appellant.
The consent of the successor heirs removed the dispute that had kept the appeal alive for more than 60 years. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain concluded that continuing the proceedings would serve no purpose once the parties had accepted the property arrangement. The single bench consequently closed the appeal on Monday.
The case illustrates how property disputes can remain active across generations, with the original litigants replaced by their legal heirs before a final division is implemented. In this matter, the dispute’s conclusion depended not on a fresh alteration to the original 1978 allocation, but on the acceptance and formalisation of that division through the final decree.
With the appeal now closed and the equal division accepted by all parties before the court, the litigation has reached its formal conclusion at the Rajasthan High Court’s Jaipur bench.
