The Gujarat high court has expressed concern over increasing misuse of court proceedings by unscrupulous elements in search of easy money following skyrocketing land prices around urban areas. It also said that innocent people have to suffer due to this phenomenon be cause they are cheated and dragged into litigation which go on for years together.
While dealing with an appeal on validity of land sale agreements of a small chunk of land in the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Justice Bela Trivedi observed that due to escalation in land prices in and around urban areas, the execution of illegal agreements by owners or power-of-attorney holders has become rampant. Justice Bela Trivedi observed that more often than not, the proceedings of courts are being misused and abused to a large extent by unscrupulous elements. The judge further observed, “In many cases, innocent persons are being cheated and defrauded by such elements in the quest of earning easy money , dragging such innocent persons to litigation which go on for years together.“
In this case, a land owner, Amarsang Nathaji, sold his share of land in 2007. The land developers got its status changed from `new tenure' to `old tenure' and then obtained NA status after paying huge premium amount. The land sale deed was questioned in lower court, where Amarsang supplied two sets of evidence that were contradictory . He even falsified his advocate, Trupti Patel, by claiming that the lawyer had appeared without his consent. When the lower court rejected the case and the dispute came before the high court, it felt that Amarsang deliberately and consciously tried to take courts for a ride and made false declarations. It ordered the registry to file a complaint against him under section 199 and 200 of the IPC.
Sources: The Times of India
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