Delhi High Court On Sultana Begum: The Delhi High Court on Friday (December 13, 2024) rejected the petition filed by the widow of the great-grandson of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar-II, by which she, being the legit inheritor, had granted herself the possession of the Red Fort in the capital. Was requested to do. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected Sultana Begum’s enchantment towards the December 2021 resolution of a single choose of the High Court.
The bench mentioned, “This appeal has been filed after a delay of more than two and a half years, which cannot be condoned.” Begum mentioned she couldn’t file the enchantment due to her poor well being situation and the demise of her daughter, following which the bench mentioned, “We find the said explanation inadequate, considering that the delay is more than two and a half years.” The petition was additionally dismissed (by the Single Bench) due to it being delayed for a number of many years. The utility for condonation of delay is rejected, the enchantment is additionally rejected.
Knocked the court docket’s door after greater than 150 years
The single bench had on December 20, 2021, rejected Begum’s plea looking for possession of the Red Fort, which was illegally occupied by the British East India Company, saying that after greater than 150 years, the court docket There is no justification for extreme delay in knocking the door.
Was disadvantaged of property in 1857
The petition, filed by means of advocate Vivek More, claims that after the First War of Independence in 1857, the British disadvantaged the household of their property and the emperor was exiled from the nation. Apart from this, the possession of the Red Fort was forcefully taken away from the Mughals. It has been claimed that Begum is the proprietor of the Red Fort as a result of she inherited it from her ancestor Bahadur Shah Zafar-II. It states that Bahadur Shah Zafar-II died on 11 November 1862 at the age of 82 and the Government of India is in unlawful possession of (his) property.
‘Hand over the possession or give compensation’
In the petition, a request has been made to direct the Central Government to hand over the possession of the Red Fort to the petitioner or give ample compensation. In this, compensation was additionally demanded for the alleged unlawful occupation of the Red Fort by the authorities from the yr 1857 until now.
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