case is quite parallel to the present case. In the said case, Firman dated 24.10.1934 was issued by the Nawab of Bhopal State, in appreciation ... judgment . Relevant paragraphs of the said judgment reads:-
"9. The original firman is in Urdu. As rendered into English by the courts below
Hamid Ali Khan, the then ruler of Bhopal State by a 'firman', dated October 25, 1934 to Sir Liyakat Ali, in appreciation ... father's sister's son. He claimed that by the firman the Nawab had gifted absolutely the residential house to Sir Liyakat
royal grant made by Shah Alam, King of Delhi, in a firman stated to be of the year 1184 Hijri ... headnote is in error in quoting a term of that firman as the Bench held that the copy of the firman was not proved
The Sunni Central Board Of Waqfs U.P vs Gopal Singh Visharad
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possession of one Babu Jamshed Ali Khan under a firman of the deposed King, bearing date the 23rd Shaban, 1271, corresponding with the 11th
erstwhile Indian States exercised sovereign powers, legislative, executive and judicial. Their firmans were laws which could not be challenged prior to the Constitution. The Court
Smt. Anarkali And 7 Others vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others on 31
trading, and it was only then that they secured it, by a Firman from the Emperor; from that year, till 1696, they in vain applied
B. Malik vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Anr. on 10 September, 1969
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erstwhile Indian States exercised sovereign powers, legislative, executive and judicial. Their firmans were laws which could not have been challenged prior to the Constitution. Court
