Self-Claimed Sanyasi Has Become Chronic Litigant: Supreme Court Dismisses Miscellaneous Application Filed In Land Dispute Matter

The miscellaneous application before the Apex Court was filed against an order passed by the Registrar in a Special Leave Petition.

The Division Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma stated, "The present miscellaneous application not only deserves to be dismissed but deserves to be dismissed with heavy costs, however, keeping in view the fact that the applicant has appeared in person and has now become a sanyasi, this Court is refraining itself from imposing costs in the matter."

"However, this Court while disposing of the present miscellaneous application deems it fit to hold that no litigation in respect of the present subject matter shall be entertained by any Court in future as the grievance of the applicant has been remedied long back and the applicant has become a chronic litigant merely because indulgence has been shown to the applicant by this Court on earlier occasions", it added.

The Applicant appeared in person while AOR Shaurya Sahay represented the Respondent.

Factual Background

The applicant had earlier come before the Apex Court raising a grievance in respect of land which was allegedly encroached in the year 2002 by the State Government, and the applicant had filed a Special Leave Petition against the order passed by the Allahabad High Court. The Apex Court dismissed the SLP, holding that land bearing area of 0.202 hectares of land was allotted to the applicant in the village of Malloli in the year 2005. The applicant, not being satisfied with the prolonged litigation in spite of the fact that the land was allotted to him in lieu of his land, preferred a Review Petition, and the same also resulted in dismissal.

Reasoning

The Bench noted that the matter relating to allotment of land and grant of compensation in lieu of the applicant’s plot on which a public road was constructed by the Gram Panchayat had attained finality, and the applicant was repeatedly approaching the Court for no rhyme or reason. The Bench noticed that the applicant’s plot on which the road was constructed was measuring around 11000 sq. feet approximately, and the applicant, in lieu of the aforesaid plot, was allotted a much bigger plot and monetary compensation was also awarded to the applicant, amounting to Rs. 7,58,575 approximately.

The Bench also mentioned, “The applicant before this Court is claiming himself to be a Sanyasi. Sanyas is the fourth and final stage in the traditional Hindu system of life stages, typically characterized by renunciation of material desires, family ties and worldly ambitions. The applicant, though claims to be a Sanyasi is claiming land and monetary compensation. His right to claim land and compensation cannot be brushed aside only because of the fact that he is claiming to be a Sanyasi.”

It was further noticed that the factum of allotment of land, grant of possession, and construction of the Ashram over it, was not denied by the applicant himself. “The applicant, in spite of the fact that he has constructed an Ashram over the land allotted to him, has preferred the present miscellaneous application along with the inter-locutory applications”, the Bench added.

As per the Bench, the repeated filing of miscellaneous applications was nothing but a sheer wastage of the precious time of the Court. Calling the applicant a chronic litigant and dismissing the application, the Bench held that no litigation in respect of this subject matter would be entertained by any Court in future.

Cause Title: Satya Narayan Shukla v. The State of Uttar Pradesh (Neutral Citation: 2026 INSC 583)

Appearance

Applicant: Petitioner-in-person

Respondent: AOR Shaurya Sahay, Advocates Aman Jaiswal, Ashish Singh, Sharvi Sharma, Mukesh Verma, Vatsala Tripathi, AOR Shashank Singh

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