Article: 10 business break-ups ; Bad blood over inheritance of family fortunes has never gone out of circulation, whether it was the mother of all battles between the Ambani brothers or the question of who laid better claim to Hamara Bajaj. Here are 10 of the big, bad battles.

1. WHERE THERE IS NO WILL Anil and Mukesh Ambani, 2005

The most celebrated partition in India Inc in 2005 was a classic case of the pitfalls of not having a succession plan in place. Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of the Reliance Group, did not leave a will bequeathing control of the empire.

After Dhirubhai's funeral, neither was it a happy family, nor a happy business,noted India Today in April 2005, as Kokilaben found herself in the thick of a battle between Mukesh and Anil over ownership and control of Reliance Industries.

The dust then settled with Mukesh taking control of Reliance Industries and Anil, Reliance Infocomm, but the brothers continue to spar on other business matters.

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