The Bombay High Court has questioned whether the rule of law or muscle power dominates in the state, criticising CIDCO, the government's city planning agency, for its inaction against illegal structures on a plot of land in Navi Mumbai.

A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Kamal in the order passed earlier this month said the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) authorities were not desirous of taking stringent action against unauthorised constructions.