Privy purses and other privileges to erstwhile Princely States ruler doesn’t have legally enforceable right

Mizo Chief Council Mizoram Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court held that the privy purses and other privileges granted to the erstwhile rulers of the Princely States were the direct outcome of political and contractual arrangements. Such political arrangements cannot be claimed as a matter of a legally enforceable right. Thus, acquisition of land of chieftains without compensation not violative of fundamental rights. Facts- The present writ petition has been filed by the Mizo Chief Council, through its President, on behalf of the tribal chieftains of the erstwh...