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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicEnemy Property Act

Topic: Enemy Property Act

Inheritance & the ‘enemy property’ question: The disputes surrounding Saif & family’s ancestral property

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.

Saif Ali Khan will get only 2-3% share of Bhopal property, says lawyer who represented family

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.

Saif Ali Khan to Gen Musharraf to Liaquat Ali Khan. A tale of ‘enemies’ and property

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.

To boost disinvestment receipts, Modi govt is using wartime law to sell ‘enemy property’

‘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.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?