Saif Ali Khan loses Rs 15,000 cr ancestral properties in Bhopal, declared ‘enemy property’ HC: Here’s the complete l | Bollywood News

According to the latest development, Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside a trial court order in the long-standing Bhopal royal family inheritance dispute, which deemed actor Saif Ali Khan, his sers Soha and Saba, and mother Sharmila Tagore as the successors to the properties in an appeal heirs of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, who challenged the previous property dribution that was in support of Sajida Sultan, the Nawab’s daughter from great-grandmother of Khan.
The earlier decision had given the ancestral property to Sajida Sultan. However, the heirs of erstwhile, who passed away in 1960, were wanting a partition of the private properties according to the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937, which was applicable at the time of the then Nawab’s death, and moved trial court in 1999. However, the High Court has now directed the trial court to start afresh with the proceedings and finish the hearing in one year. This order can alter the entire inheritance structure of the Bhopal royal family.
The legal challenges for Saif Ali Khan increased after the Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected his plea against a government’s decision to divide his family’s Rs 15,000 crore worth ancestral properties in Bhopal as “enemy property.” The proceedings are regered in a 2014 notice issued the Custodian of Enemy Property Department, which declared the Pataudi family’s assets in Bhopal under the Enemy Property Act. Some of the properties including in the ruling are Saif’s childhood home Flag Staff House, the Noor-Us-Sabah Palace, Dar-Us-Salam, Bungalow of Habibi, Ahmedabad Palace, Kohefiza Property, among others. The Enemy Property Act allows the government to seize control of properties belonging to persons who migrated to Pakan after the Partition.
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Saif had fought against the declaration in 2015 and got a temporary stay from the High Court. But, the court lifted the stay on December 13, 2024. In the latest order, they gave Saif and his family 30 days to approach and claim their rights back over the properties, but no claim has been filed within the allotted period.
Saif Ali Khan’s family tree
The Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, had three daughters. One of them, Abida Sultan, migrated to Pakan, while others stayed in India. Saif is the grandson of the Abida’s ser Sajida Sultan who remained in India, but the government is citing the migrant daughter as grounds to take control of the properties.
On the work front, Saif Ali Khan was last seen in the Netflix film Jewel Thief. He will next appear in the fourth installment of his action-thriller franchise, Race. Additionally, he also has a film with Akshay Kumar titled Haiwaan, directed Priyadarshan.