M.A. Jinnah: Legal Opinions and Property Affairs following his Death

Sub title : Correspondence and Legal Documents regarding Evacuee Property and Executorship

Subject: Estates (Law) | Evacuee Property | Executors and Administrators

Date of publication: 1949

Language: English

Page: 53 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27410

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah — Quaid-i-Azam — Fatima Jinnah | Liaquat Ali Khan — Evacuee Property Act — Bombay Property | Mount Pleasant Road — Executor — Executrix | Custodian of Evacuee Property — R.J. Kolah — Jahomed Ali & Co.

Abstract: This collection comprises correspondence, legal opinions, and draft applications concerning the properties and assets of the late M.A. Jinnah in India following his death. The core issue is the classification of his Bombay property as "Evacuee Property" by the Government of Bombay. The executors of his will, Miss Fatima Jinnah and Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, legally challenge this, arguing Jinnah did not leave India as a partition-related evacuee. The file includes a legal opinion on the validity of the Evacuee Property Act and the status of Jinnah's assets.

Description: This file contains a series of documents from 1948-1949 related to the legal and administrative aftermath of M.A. Jinnah's death. It includes personal letters from Fatima Jinnah instructing legal action against the requisition of a family bungalow, a detailed legal opinion from Advocate R.J. Kolah questioning the constitutional validity of the Evacuee Property Act as applied to Jinnah's assets, and draft applications to the Custodian of Evacuee Property. The documents provide insight into the complex legal challenges faced by Jinnah's successors in Pakistan regarding his estate in newly independent India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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