RAM JATAN Vs. BINDESWARI PRASAD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -A person who has polluted his hands by being a party or privy to a fraudulent action shall not be allowed to approach the fountain of justice with his own infamy on his lips and obtain relief on the strength of such a dirty action.

(2.) A forged order dated 28-11-1975 alleged to have been passed by the Consolidation Officer, Civil Lines, Allahabad, is the foundation of the present writ petition. Categorical findings have been recorded by the Consolidation Officer and the Deputy Director of Consolidation that this order has never been passed by any Consolidation Officer in any proceeding and is the result of fraud played by the petitioner in collusion with staff of the consolidation authorities.

(3.) HEARD Sri A. C. Dutt, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Rajendra Prasad Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents.