"It is clear that petitioner's claim to title has not been made bonafide. Indeed, the petitioner ought not to have resorted to the manipulating entries in the revenue records," said the division bench of Justices S A Bobade and R D Dhanuka while dismissing the petition filed by Edward alias Adward Paul Machado against the eviction notice by Airports Authority of India.
"Litigants who rely on and resort to false and fabricated entries are not entitled to protection of this Court," the court said.
"The conduct of the petitioner as appearing from the orders of the revenue authorities in securing the creation of false entries only to bolster his case by adverse possession disentitles him to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India," it said.
Machado had challenged the notice issued by eviction officer of AAI on January 3 on the ground that it had no jurisdiction to do so in view of a civil suit filed by him claiming ownership of the land in question. (More)
