After years together when the hearing before their Lordships began in Privy Council, the appellant were Hasanali Jaffarji and Tahir bhai.
The council finally came to the conclusion that ‘there is ample evidence upon which the fact of "Nas" can be inferred’ and, therefore, agreed that respondent 51st Dai Syedna Taher Saifuddin ‘must be regarded as Dai-ul-Mutlaq’.
In the court of Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar also, Sulayman ibn Hasan challenged 27th Dai Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah's accession.
[7][8] On 23 April 2024, the Bombay high court dismissed the suit challenging Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin's position as the 53rd Dai-al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra Community.
The court dismissed Taher Fakhruddin(son of Khuzaima Qutbuddin)'s claim and upheld Syedna Mufaddal as Dai-ul-Mutlaq..[9]