Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed Saif Ali Khan’s petition filed against the government notice designating the property of the Pataudi family in Bhopal as ‘enemy property’.
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s petition filed against the government notice designating the property of the Pataudi family in Bhopal as ‘enemy property’.
The Madhya Pradesh government may now take possession of actor Saif Ali Khan’s family property worth Rs 15,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh as the stay on the historical properties of the Bhopal state, which has been in place since 2015, has already been lifted in December 2024.
On December 13, 2024, Justice Vivek Agarwal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed actor Saif Ali Khan’s petition. The court allowed him to appeal to the Appellate Tribunal, but neither he nor his family has taken any action so far.
The sources said that the Pataudi family has property worth Rs 15,000 crores in Bhopal, which has been in the possession of Saif Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore’s family. It extends from Kohefiza to Chiklod in Bhopal.
The legal trouble for Saif began in 2014 when the Custodian of Enemy Property Department issued a notice declaring the Pataudi family’s properties in Bhopal as “enemy property.”
The conflict escalated following a 2016 ordinance by the Government of India, which clarified that the heir would have no rights over the Pataudi family’s property.
Saif Ali Khan challenged the notice in the High Court in 2015 and obtained a stay on the property. However, on December 13, 2024, the High Court dismissed his petition, lifting the stay.
“Enemy property” refers to assets owned by individuals who moved to Pakistan during the partition of India and later renounced their Indian citizenship. The Pataudi family’s property falls into this category because Abida Sultan, daughter of Bhopal Nawab Hamidullah Khan, chose to settle in Pakistan.
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Madhya Pradesh, India
