Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Maharashtra Rehabilitation Act | 33-Year Delay Bars Land Allotment Relief; Laches and No Retrospective Effect : Bombay HC
Bombay HC rules that the Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1999, does not apply retrospectively, and a 33-year delay in claiming land allotment constitutes laches, barring relief. The judgment underscores that welfare legislation cannot override procedural timelines, impacting project-affected persons seeking rehabilitation benefits.