Nizam’s grandson moves Delhi HC for clarity on succession certificate

Hyderabad: The Nizam’s Fund case took a new twist with Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, the grandson of Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan, approaching the Delhi High Court seeking its directions to the Government of India to clarify about a succession certificate issued by the Union Government in 1967. In a press release issued on […]

Hyderabad: The Nizam’s Fund case took a new twist with Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, the grandson of Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan, approaching the Delhi High Court seeking its directions to the Government of India to clarify about a succession certificate issued by the Union Government in 1967.

In a press release issued on Monday, Najaf Ali Khan stated that the Government of India had issued a certificate in 1967 recognising Prince Mukarram Jah alias Barkat Ali Khan as Nizam VIII of Hyderabad.

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“It (the certificate) became non existent in law after the passing of the 26th Amendment Act 1971 by adding Article 363A and substituting Article 366 clause (22). The said invalid certificate was used in the UK High Court by Prince Mukarram Jah and others causing loss to the remaining family members of Nizam VII,” he said in the press release.

He further added that he had earlier approached the Government of India asking to clarify about the certificate issued in 1967.

“As the government did not respond to my petition for three months, I approached the Delhi High Court last month and the court has issued directions to the government “to consider the representation made by the petitioner in accordance with law and communicate its decision there on to the petitioner.”

The dispute is about 1,007,940 pounds and nine shillings transferred in 1948 from the then Nizam of Hyderabad to the High Commissioner in Britain of the newly-formed state of Pakistan. That amount had since grown in a London bank account into 35 million pounds. A year ago after a long court battle, the UK High Court granted Mukarram Jah, the titular Nizam of Hyderabad, and Government of India the ownership of the fund that has been in dispute for over 70 years. Pakistan had also staked its claim on the amount.

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