Pune court allows Sugandha Hiremath’s suit in Kalyani family dispute to continue

In a positive development for Sugandha Hiremath regarding the property dispute in the Kalyani family, a Pune court has refused to stay the partition suit she had filed to get her share of her ancestral fortune, worth an estimated billions of dollars.

Common Pleas Judge JG Pawar, in two separate detailed orders, refused to stay the proceedings as sought by Sugandha’s brother Gaurishankar Kalyani and daughter Sheetal Kalyani.

The Kalyanis had filed an application under Article 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, seeking a stay of the case filed by Ms. Hiremath in 2025.

Their claim was that his case was similar to other partition cases related to the Kalyani family’s wealth. They argued that the case filed by Ms. Kalyani in 2014 and Ms. Hiremath’s case in 2025 were the same.

Ms Hiremath, however, argued that the applications made by her brother Mr Kalyani and her daughter Ms Kalyani were nothing but attempts to extend or postpone the hearings in the case.

After hearing all parties, the court issued a detailed decision on June 3.

The court took cognizance of four cases related to the Kalyani family’s wealth. This included Ms. Kalyani’s case filed by Ms. Hiremath’s children, Sameer and Pallavi, and two cases filed by her in 2012 and 2025.

The decision stated, “Considering all the facts and circumstances, the 4 ongoing cases and the content of Article 10 of the CCP, it appears at first glance that the number of parties or their representatives is not one and the same. Both parties do not file a lawsuit under the same title.”

“The prayers of the 4 pending cases are completely different and not identical to each other. The causes of action in these cases are based on different foundations. In the present case, the cause of action is based on the alleged fraud discovered after the suit was filed in 2012 and also on the alienation of joint Hindu property by defendant No. 3 (Gaurishankar) and Rohini (his wife),” the judgment said.

In the decision, “The characteristics of the four cases are not the same in terms of quality and quantity. Therefore, all of these cases are not the same in terms of the attributes and titles of the parties they are suing. Therefore, the decision of each case will not constitute a final judgment on the other cases.”

The decision states, “Therefore, the issue in question in the current case is not directly and essentially in question in the 03 previously pending cases.”

The lawsuit alleges that all wealth existing in any member of the Kalyani family was created from the nucleus. His grandfather, Annappa Narayan Kalyani (ANK), was the first to create wealth that was passed on to future generations.

Through her lawsuit, Ms. Hiremath wants to get her share of several movable and immovable properties, including shares in 250 companies in which the Kalyani family’s fortune is invested.