Last month, HC set aside an order upholding Saif & family's ownership of Nawab Hamidullah's property, which now faces division under personal laws & classification under Enemy Property Act.
The properties belonged to Hamidullah Khan, Saif’s great-grandfather and the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. They include estates such as Flag Staff House and Noor-Us-Sabah Palace.
The sentiment behind 'enemy property' has changed over the years, most significantly in 2017, when an amendment completely prevented Indians from laying claim to ancestral properties.
‘Enemy’ property belonging to citizens of Pakistan and China will be sold for revenue. And a problematic amendment to a wartime act in 2017 will help Modi govt do it.
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
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Saif and his family are too clever. His family whole-heartedly supported the Pakistan Movement and generously funded the Muslim League.
After Partition, only a few members of the family actually immigrated to Pakistan. Why? Because Pakistan offered no concrete future for them – they were not sure whether they would enjoy the same status in society.
The rest stayed back to enjoy their generational wealth and privilege in a secular India.
Saif and his family are too clever. His family whole-heartedly supported the Pakistan Movement and generously funded the Muslim League.
After Partition, only a few members of the family actually immigrated to Pakistan. Why? Because Pakistan offered no concrete future for them – they were not sure whether they would enjoy the same status in society.
The rest stayed back to enjoy their generational wealth and privilege in a secular India.