January 22, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: Saif Ali Khan has returned home after a robbery and knife case after the incident which took place in his home, however, he has been posing a lawsuit threat.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s petition filed against the government notice declaring the Pataudi family’s property in Bhopal as ‘enemy property.’ A single bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, during a hearing on December 13, 2024, dismissed the petition of actor Saif Ali Khan. The High Court directed in its order that he can file an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. However, Saif Ali Khan and his family have not taken any action yet.
The properties in question include Flag Staff House, where Khan spent his childhood, along with Noor-Us-Sabah Palace, Dar-Us-Salam, and others.
After the death of Bhopal Nawab Hamidullah Khan in 1960, his daughter Abida Sultan was considered the heir to the property. However, Abida Sultan moved to Pakistan in 1950, due to which the Government of India declared her second daughter, Sabia Sultan, as the heir to the property.
Saif Ali Khan challenged this notice in the High Court in 2015 and got a stay on the property. But on December 13, 2024, the High Court rejected his petition, thereby lifting the stay.
“Enemy property” is the property that belongs to a person who had moved to Pakistan at the time of the partition of India and later gave up Indian citizenship. The property of the Pataudi family falls under this category, as Abida Sultan had decided to settle in Pakistan.
After the ordinance of the Government of India, people who have purchased property from the Pataudi family fear if the property comes under the government’s control, they might be declared ‘encroachers.’
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