US EditionWhy Saif Ali Khan’s Royal Assets May Slip to State Custody
BHOPAL DIVISION, MADHYA PRADESH, JUL 04 – Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside a 25-year-old ruling and ordered fresh hearings to resolve the dispute over Rs 15,000 crore royal properties under the Enemy Property Act.
- On June 30, 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court annulled a trial court's 25-year-old ruling concerning a property dispute involving Nawab Hamidullah Khan's ancestral estate, which includes assets linked to Saif Ali Khan's family, and directed a fresh hearing of the case.
- The dispute arose because Abida Sultan, Nawab Hamidullah Khan's eldest daughter, migrated to Pakistan in 1950, leading the government to claim the estate under the Enemy Property Act of 1968.
- Justice Sanjay Dwivedi ordered a retrial of suits filed in 1999 by Nawab's descendants, criticizing the trial court's reliance on a now-overruled Allahabad High Court judgment from 1997.
- The High Court directed the trial court to conclude the fresh hearing preferably within one year as the estate is worth thousands of crores and involves legal heirs' equitable division under Muslim personal law.
- This ruling raises fresh doubts about Saif Ali Khan's family's claim to the assets, as the Central Government's classification of these estates under the Enemy Property Act has yet to be finalized.
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Why Saif Ali Khan’s royal assets may slip to state custody
In a decisive turn in the decades-old Bhopal royal inheritance battle, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has scrapped a 25-year-old trial court ruling that had recognised Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and his family as rightful inheritors of the royal properties of the erstwhile Nawab of Bhopal. According to Hindustan Times, Justice Sanjay Dwivedi has now ordered the trial court to initiate fresh proceedings and resolve the matter within a year. “Af…
Inheritance & the 'enemy property' question: The disputes surrounding Saif & family's ancestral property
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Big blow to Saif Ali Khan in Bhopal royal property dispute
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How did Saif Ali Khan inherit Nawab of Bhopal’s Rs 15,000-cr properties? Has he lost them now?
Saif Ali Khan’s legal troubles related to his ancestral Bhopal royal assets continue. Last week, the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside a trial court ruling that had made him, his mother and two sisters the sole legal heirs to the properties of the Nawab of Bhopal. But why did the Nawab of Pataudi inherit the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal’s properties?
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