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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. v. Century Textiles and Industries Limited & Ors.

Bombay Improvement Trust Transfer Act, 1925 – ss.48, 51

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
6 Jan 2025
Citation
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 313
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 6667/2023
Bench
Vikram Nath, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

Issue for consideration

Issue arose whether the appellant-Corporation was bound to convey the lease in favour of the respondent in terms of s.51 of the Bombay Improvement Trust Transfer Act, 1925; and whether writ petition filed before the High Court and laches and was liable to be dismissed as the cause of action had arisen in 1955 whereas the writ petition was filed in 2016 after a delay of 61 (sixty-one) years.

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