SHANTI DEVI vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and writ petition filed by the appellants, holding that the order of regularization dated November 4, 1985 was a fabricated document and constituted an abuse of the court's process. The Court emphasized that the title to the land had already vested in the Jaipur Urban Development Authority following the acquisition under Section 4 of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953, and that the appellants had no legitimate claim to the property. The Court imposed exemplary costs of one lakh rupees on the appellants for their misuse of legal proceedings.