The Court made the observation while quashing proceedings initiated under the Enemy Property Act, 1968 against certain land that had belonged to the now-deceased man, which was later acquired by his son.
The 74-year-old son (petitioner), a retired police officer, was not allowed to pay basic tax on this property on the ground that there were instructions not to alienate the said land on account of proceedings initiated against it under the Enemy Property Act.
The petitioner was told that his father, who passed away in 1995, had been viewed as an “enemy” since he went to Pakistan in search of a job in 1953.
Aggrieved, the petitioner moved the High Court seeking relief.
Source: Barandbench
