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LONDON, OCT. 5. A family feud over the Patak food business returned to court on Tuesday.Two sisters, Anila Shastri, 52, and Chitralekha Mehta, 56, claim they were shut out because they are women and only men inherit family businesses. Kirit Pathak, 51, who runs it, says his sisters have no legal entitlement. In April, both sides called off an acrimonious trial and announced they had reached a settlement. But Mr. Pathak later reneged on his side of the agreement, a lawyer for the sisters said in court today. Patak Foods sells Indian food products worldwide, and earns more than £50 millions a year. The interrupted trial, which included bitter arguments over six weeks, showed how deeply divided the family is. Laxmishankar Pathak, who founded the company after moving to Britain from Kenya in the 1950s, died in 1997. Shantagaury Pathak, the matriarch of the family, who backs her son, accused her daughters of ``greed, jealously and malice.'' He charged them with ``ill-motivated gold-digging.''Yogesh Pathak, another brother, who backs his sisters, said Mr. Pathak ``would make Machiavelli look like Mother Teresa.''
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