India, Feb. 4 -- Bringing to a close a landlord-tenant dispute that has spanned more than three decades, the Bombay High Court has upheld an eviction decree passed in 1996 and directed the occupants of a Walkeshwar flat to vacate the premises within eight weeks.

The long-running litigation involved singer Preeti Sagar, also known as Preeti Somy Saran, and her sisters, Niti Chandra and Namita Motisagar, daughters of the deceased original tenants Sarla Mehta and Motisagar Tawakley. They were pitted against the trustees of the Sheth Amichand Pannalal Adishwar Jain Temple Charitable Trust, which owns the second-floor flat in Anil Niwas building at Walkeshwar.

The Jain temple trust had offered to provide alternative accommodation to the tena...