India, June 12 -- The Bombay High Court has upheld the tenancy rights of a woman living in a Parsi Punchayet property in Dadar, ruling that as the first cousin and legal heir of a deceased tenant, she was entitled to be recognised as a tenant even though she could not prove that she was residing with him at the time of his death.

A single-judge bench of Justice MM Sathaye dismissed a petition filed by the Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties (Trust), which had challenged concurrent rulings of the Small Causes Court and its appellate bench in favour of Katty Mistry.

The dispute dates back to 1993, when tenant Baji B Patel died. Following his death, Mistry, who claimed to be Patel's first cousin and legal heir, sought recognition as the t...