Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan belongs to the Pataudi royal family, which has a rich cultural heritage in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Saif has inherited the legacy of his Pataudi dynasty who were the erstwhile rulers in the central Indian region. Looking at his royal legacy, it seems likely that Saif’s children Sara, Ibrahim, Taimur and Jahangir Ali Khan will inherit his wealth. However, it seems like a protracted legal battle.
According to a report in Scroll, assets worth Rs 5,000 crore owned by Pataudi are covered under the Enemy Property Act 1968. The Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) served a notice to Saif on 19 December 2014. Quoting section 11 of the Enemy Property Act, 1968, the actor asked why the properties of the erstwhile Bhopal State were potentially inherited, why they should not be treated as enemy property.
The report mentions that the Act allows the custodian to take over and administer the properties of those who opted for Pakistan or later moved there or to China. “Section 2(b) of the Act defines who is ‘enemy’ and section 2(c) what is ‘enemy property’.”
What makes the case more bizarre for Saif, is that his great-grandfather, Hamidullah Khan, the Nawab under British rule, never made a will for all his assets, which may have led to some dispute within the family, especially from members. Descendants of Saif’s grandmother in Pakistan.
However, it is not only Saif who will be affected by the act, as many descendants of the Pataudi royal family now live in huge properties owned by the family. Scroll reported that 80 acres of land in Khanu village, which belonged to royal property, has now established an illegal colony in the area. The order of the custodian of enemy property to declare the then Bhopal royal property as ‘enemy property’ will also have an impact on the residents of such illegal colonies. The question now remains whether the custodians, if they win the case, evict the current residents or owners.
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