Mohammed Mehboob Ali and his wife Hamida

"Justice prevails, but it is always at a cost," said defence lawyer Advocate Dinesh Tiwari, who finally succeeded in handing over a flat in a Malwani building to 79-year-old former Indian Navy petty officer Mohammed Mehboob Ali and his wife Hamida, 68, on Wednesday, both of whom had been locked in a three-year long court battle with their son over the 900-sqft property. On August 14, the Dindoshi City Civil Court had directed the couple to seek police protection and get their son Shamshad and his family forcibly evicted from the flat.