#timely disposal

The Kerala High Court has directed the Authorised Officer to decide the petitioner’s pending Form 6 application under Section 27A of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act within two months of receiving the certified copy of this judgment. This ruling enforces statutory timelines for administrative action in environmental land protection cases, holding public officials accountable for undue delay in processing applications that affect agricultural land rights.

Bombay High Court holds that prolonged delays in reserved IBC matters undermine the Code's statutory timelines, directing constitution of a special NCLT bench to dispose of a Section 7 petition pending since 2019. The ruling reinforces the judiciary's intolerance for procedural stagnation in insolvency proceedings, impacting creditors and corporate debtors awaiting resolution.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ruled that interim injunctions in matrimonial property disputes cannot remain open-ended - courts must fix a concrete disposal date to prevent procedural delay and protect the right to timely justice under Article 21. This sets a binding precedent for Family Courts to treat injunction applications as time-sensitive matters, not procedural placeholders.