SLP(C) No. 014258 / 2020

Under Section 51(4) of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, unreasonable delay by the State Government in processing municipal sanctions cannot prejudice affected parties, and deemed sanction will be implied as a consequence. As analysed on casestatus.in, private parties cannot be made to bear the burden of administrative inaction or procedural dithering attributable solely to a statutory authority.