Saif Ali Khan & family to lose Rs 15,000 crore Pataudi properties in Bhopal- Report

It’s seems like troubles aren’t ending for actor Saif Ali Khan and his family. The actor – who was discharged from hospital yesterday after being stabbed several on Thursday while keeping his kids safe during a house robbery, is in the news today as reports of the Pataudi family’s Rs 15,000 crore properties likely to come under government control have made the headlines. Read on to know the details.

Saif Ali Khan to lose Rs 15,000 crore Pataudi properties?

As reported by NDTV, the Madhya Pradesh high court has lifted the 2015 stay on the Pataudi family’s historical properties – worth an estimated Rs 15,000 crore. This brings the properties closer to potential government acquisition under the Enemy Property Act, 1968. The properties lithe family may likely lose include Flag Staff House – where Khan spent his childhood, Noor-Us-Sabah Palace and Dar-Us-Salam, amongst others.

What is the The Enemy Property Act? The Enemy Property Act is an act that permits the central government to seize properties owned by people who migrated to Pakistan after partition. Hamidullah Khan – the last Nawab of Bhopal, had three daughters. His eldest daughter – Abida Sultan, moved to Pakistan in 1950, however, his second daughter – Sajida Sultan, remained in India and married Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, and became the rightful heir.

Saif Ali Khan – the grandson of Sajida Sultan, inherited a portion of the properties. However, the government is focuses on Abida Sultan’s migration and using it as the basis for claiming the properties as “enemy property.”

In 2019, the court acknowledged Sajida Sultan as the rightful heir. On December 13, 2024, a single bench of the High Court asked the Pataudi family to present their side before the appellate authority in 30 days. As of January 21, however, it was not clear whether the family did so. The latest ruling has reignited the family’s property conflict.

While the Bhopal district administration refused to comment on such developments, Bhopal Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh said action will be taken only after the High Court order is clear.

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