Sayed Maqsood Ahmed 03 January 2022
Anaita Vas 08 January 2022
According to the latest rules regarding the OCI cardholders, Indian origin people who moved out from India for employment or business, NRIs with foreign citizenship, and OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) cardholders are not allowed to buy and sell properties in India.
Also last February the Supreme Court ruled out that any sale or gift of a property by a foreigner without prior permission of the RBI would be illegal.
“We hold that the condition predicated in Section 31 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 of obtaining “previous” general or special permission of the RBI for transfer or disposal of immovable property situated in India by sale or mortgage by y a person, who is not a citizen of India, is mandatory,” a bench presided over by Justice A M Khanwilkar said.
But the court announced that the transactions which have already become final including by virtue of the decision of the court of competent jurisdiction, need not be reopened or disturbed in any manner due to this sudden announcement.
Regards,
Anaita Vas
Megha 08 January 2022
Dear learned member,
Could you please cite a judicial pronouncement to this extent? Thanks in advance.
Anaita Vas 08 January 2022
This was stated in the case of Trupti V Reddy vs The State Of Karnataka on 2 August, 2017.
Regards,
Anaita Vas