SC reopens Rs 400cr land dispute between govt & Rajasthan royals

JAIPUR: Supreme Court has reopened proceedings successful a Rs 400-crore onshore quality betwixt Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and the household of erstwhile royal and lawman CM Diya Kumari, mounting speech a Rajasthan precocious court bid that allowed a 2011 proceedings tribunal decree successful favour of the princely property to "stand without introspection connected merit". The seat of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Vishwanathan held that determination was nary justification successful the precocious tribunal declining to see JDA's entreaty connected method grounds. The judges directed the HC seat to determine JDA's archetypal entreaty connected merit wrong 4 weeks and taxable a compliance report. The quality involves onshore successful what utilized to beryllium "Hathroi village" successful authoritative records earlier becoming portion of cardinal Jaipur's municipality sprawl, including premier existent estate, schools, hospitals and different civic infrastructure. JDA pegs the worth of the onshore parcel, mentioned successful gross records arsenic "Siwai chak" (uncultivable govt land), astatine Rs 400 crore. The petition says the civic medication took possession of the onshore successful the 1990s, challenging the erstwhile royal family's assertion that it was registered arsenic backstage spot nether the 1949 Covenant linked to Jaipur's accession to the Indian Union. JDA insists the onshore was ne'er listed arsenic the erstwhile royal family's backstage spot successful the covenant schedule, and that swathes of onshore were lawfully acquired betwixt 1993 and 1995 aft paying compensation.

In 2005, the royal household filed a civilian suit, seeking declaration of ownership. On Nov 24, 2011, the proceedings tribunal decreed the suit successful their favour, declaring them owners. The tribunal acceptable speech gross entries successful favour of the authorities and restrained JDA from interfering with possession. JDA filed its archetypal entreaty successful 2012. It was dismissed successful Nov 2023, earlier being restored conscionable implicit a twelvemonth later. On Sept 15 past year, HC declined to intervene successful the dispute, leaving the proceedings tribunal decree intact without appellate scrutiny. JDA approached Supreme Court connected Dec 10, arguing that nationalist onshore was mislaid connected method grounds contempt issues involving nationalist title, completed acquisitions, settled gross records and a law barroom nether Article 363.