Beerendra Kumar Kanaujia v. State of U.P. and 6 Others
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PIL 1697/2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, decided 9.7.2025 by Arun Bhansali (Chief Justice) and Kshitij Shailendra (Judge); petitioner Beerendra Kumar Kanaujia v. State of U.P. and 6 others; counsel: Amit Kumar Tiwari and Brahma Nand Pandey (petitioner); Meenakshi Singh (A.C.S.C.) and Dharmaveer Singh (respondents). Keywords: public interest litigation rejected; private dispute disguised as PIL; encroachment removal request denied; Arazi No. 449 Minjumla; Village Sahadatpura; Pargana Mau; Tehsil Maunath Bhanjan; District Mau; respondent no. 7; 6 feet land; private sale deed; claim that land belongs to Rasta; plea cannot be countenanced; petition dismissed with liberty to seek remedy in accordance with law. Useful for arguments on when an ostensibly public-interest petition fails for lacking genuine public interest and for the principle that a bare private sale-deed plea cannot sustain such a claim.