India, Nov. 12 -- The Bombay High Court has criticised the Maharashtra government for its "obdurate stand" against demarcating land in Powai that was not included in a land acquisition award for the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) in 1962.

A division bench of justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata observed that the state government had "shown little inclination to mend its ways" despite the court previously passing an order in a similar matter. It directed the state government to survey the land and update property records in the name of the respective owners, who have been in possession of the land for over 80 years.

"Only the state would know what it acquired and what it did not. It was therefore the state's fair and lawfu...