The Uttarakhand High Court has questioned whether the India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1950, grants Nepalese citizens unrestricted rights to settle and purchase property in India, while asking the government to clarify if Indian citizens receive similar privileges in Nepal in practice.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay raised the issue while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Nainital resident Pawan Jatav against the Union government and others.
