India, April 28 -- The Bombay high court on April 22 sharply rebuked the union ministry of ports, shipping and waterways, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), and other government agencies over the four-decade wait for the rehabilitation of families displaced by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port project.

Hearing a petition filed by the Maharashtra Small Scale Traditional Fish Workers Union on behalf of project affected persons (PAPs) from Sheva Koliwada, a division bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram V. Shirsat said the case reflected "typical bureaucratic intransigence" with no substantive progress in the matter.

The bench said it was not satisfied with the ministry's affidavit, which cited procedural requirements and inter-ministe...