Government auctions enemy properties online regularly; Know how you can buy and is it safe to buy one?
enemy usually refers to someone who can cause harm in common parlance. However, according to the law enemy means a person or country is an enemy who or which committed external aggression against India. When people born in India decided to leave their property and belongings in India and emigrated to any of the enemy countries as classified by the government, their assets in India were labelled as enemy properties.
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While the term enemy property may sound dangerous, rest assured it is not. An enemy property is a property which was once owned by someone who is now living in an enemy country. These properties are regularly auctioned by the government following an online process through the MSTC portal.
Who is an Enemy as per Enemy Property Act?
According to Aaron Solomon, Managing Partner, Solomon & Co, “Enemy within the meaning of Enemy Property Act refers to any person or country committing external aggression or acting in hostility towards India as per the Defence of India Act and Rules, 1962 or the Defence of India Act and Rules 1971. Individuals who emigrated to such enemy countries will also be considered as enemies, and hence, will not be eligible for inheriting the concerned property situated in India.”
According to the Enemy Property Act, 1968, any property that has
