The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by a woman claiming herself to be the widow of the great-grandson of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II, seeking possession of the Red Fort.
The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the plea challenging a single-judge Bench order of December 2021 on the grounds that it was filed after a delay of more than two-and-a-half years, which could not be condoned.
The Apex Court further rejected the application seeking condonation of delay.
Petitioner Sultana Begum claimed that the possession was taken away from her forcibly by the East India Company in 1857.
The single-judge Bench had dismissed her petition in 2021 on the grounds of an inordinate delay in approaching the Court.
Moved by Advocate Vivek More, the petition claimed that Sultana Begum was the rightful owner of Red Fort for the reason of inheriting the property from her ancestor Bahadur Shah Zafar II. It also alleged that the Government of India was illegally occupying the Fort.
The plea sought directions to the respondent authorities to grant her compensation from 1857 till date for the alleged illegal possession by the Government of India.
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