India, June 8 -- The family of retired Bombay high court judge GS Patel has, for 10 months now, faced threats and actual acts of violence across two continents in connection with his landmark 2024 judgment settling the succession issue in the Dawoodi Bohra community, with the most recent incident being on June 5.

The demand is that Justice (retd) Patel recant his judgment of April 23, 2024 in a YouTube video, something that is unprecedented in the annals of Indian legal history, especially not at the level of a constitutional court.

Last week, on June 5, Patel's daughter in London, Aditi Patel, received an anonymous letter that read: "You were given ample warning. The gang has been paid. The next step involves cremation of you and your ...