JUDGMENT

B. P. JEEVAN REDDY, J. :—This writ petition brings to light a serious abuse of process of Court - indeed an abuse of the process of more than one court - indulged in by certain unscrupulous person. Since the facts of the case are themselves demonstrative of the said abuse perpetrated by Respondent No. 3, we would set them out first.

2. The four writ petitioners are the tenants of four shops comprised in property bearing No. WZ-93, Titarpur, Najafgarh Road, New Delhi - 110027, while the third respondent is occupying the fifth shop as a tenant. According to the petitioners, one Siyaram Gupta was the owner of the said five shops. On his death in or about 1983, his wife, Smt. Urmila Devi and her three daughters became the owners. Towards the end of the year 1992, the petitioners say, the landlady offered to sell the shops to the respective tenants. Three of the petitioners purchased the three shops occupied by them. Sale deeds were also executed in their favour. after the death of Smt. Urmila Devi, the petitioners say, the third respondent, Sri Sangat Singh started declaring himself as the owner of all the five shops and demanded rent from the petitioners which they resisted.

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