SHRIMATI SHANTABAI vs STATE OF BOMBAY & OTHERS

The Supreme Court held that the order of the Divisional Forest Officer did not infringe the petitioner's fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(f) and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. The Court found that the unregistered document granting the right to cut wood was ineffective due to non-registration under the Registration Act and the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Act, 1950, which vested proprietary rights in the State. The petition was dismissed as the petitioner had no maintainable claim against the State regarding the rights purportedly conferred by the document.