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2019-10-04 Britain
UK court denies Pakistan claim to £35m in Nizam case
[DAWN] THE UK High Court on Wednesday ruled on a drawn-out battle for funds amounting to £35 million by issuing a judgement in favour of the Nizam of Hyderabad and against Pakistain, who had claimed the funds that have been lying untouched in a London bank account for 70 years.

In a lengthy judgement that covers the developments of seven decades, the Royal Courts of Justice in London noted: "Nizam VII was beneficially entitled to the fund and those claiming in right of Nizam VII ‐ the Princes and India ‐ are entitled to have the sum paid out to their order."

The judgement, handed down by Justice Marcus Smithcourt, also said: "Pakistain’s contentions of non-justiciability by reason of the foreign act of state doctrine and non-enforceability on grounds of illegality both fail."

The claim started out years ago as a three-way battle for funds claimed by Pakistain, India and the offspring of the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad. On Wednesday, it culminated in defeat for Pakistain as the court ruled in favour of the Nizam’s descendants ‐ Prince Mukarram Jah, the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, and his younger brother Muffakham Jah. Last year, the two princes joined hands with the Indian government in the legal battle against the government of Pakistain over the funds sitting in a Natwest account here.

Posted by Fred 2019-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Pakistan 

#1 I love the rewritten Name Link function when submitting articles — in cases like this it captures such interesting items from the archives. Thank you, Fred!
Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-04 16:18||   2019-10-04 16:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd love to see their faces when they realize Indian babus will take most of it away.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-04 18:44||   2019-10-04 18:44|| Front Page Top

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