11 years after
Parveen Babi's death, the
Bombay High Court
has finally accepted the legitimacy of the actress' will. According to the will, 80 percent of Parveen's wealth should be used to form and run a trust, which will help underprivileged women and children from the Babi community of Junagadh, where she was born.
The
Parveen Babi Trust
will be headed by her 82-year-old uncle,
Muradkhan
Babi, who was close to her and who has been given 20 percent of the estate. Muradkhan will be the managing trustee and president of the philanthropic trust envisioned by Parveen. Its governing body will include two members from the Babi community and two picked by Muradkhan.
No other family member has been offered a share. Other ten percent of the trust's funds will be channelled to St. Xavier's College in Ahmedabad, where the late star had studied.
When the will was produced in 2005 post her death, the actress' paternal relatives, who were not given any share of her wealth, had challenged the authenticity of the document. They took the matter to the High Court. After a long battle, they finally relented earlier this year.