India, Sept. 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld exclusive rights of 58-year-old Shruti Mayank Shah over a high-stake Bandra flat after discovering that it had been fraudulently "resold" years after she had purchased and taken possession of it. The luxury apartment belonged solely to Shah and its resale was "null, void and illegal", the court held.

Shah, a housewife, had bought the flat in 81 Aureate, a luxury tower at Bandra Reclamation, in December 2020 for Rs.11.75 crore, via a registered sale deed, she said in her plea. She had been living there since and paying maintenance regularly. But in 2024, she was shocked to learn through a real estate brokers' WhatsApp group that an "allotment letter" for the same flat had been iss...