‘Would Unsettle The Settled Things’: Gujarat High Court Dismisses Plea For Removing Alleged Encroachments On Public Land Citing Inordinate Delay

Case: Nileshbhai Narayanbhai Mistry V/S State Of Gujarat

Coram: Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri

Case No.: C/WPPIL/26/2022

Court Observation: “It is true that there is no specific period of limitation where the High Court may refuse to exercise this extraordinary power. However, if the petitioner is guilty of laches and undue delay for which there is no satisfactory explanation, in such circumstances, the delay and laches cannot be ignored,”

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Keywords

Encroachments On Public Land, Inordinate Delay