The High Court of Bombay, Original Side, disposed of an appeal arising from a writ petition filed over nine years ago. The court directed the Single Judge to expedite the hearing of the underlying writ petition. No legal principles were propounded.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORIGINAL SIDE
APPEAL NO.502 OF 1996 IN
WRIT PETITION NO.595 OF 1996
Appellants
vs.
1.M/s.Khannaco Steel Merchants Pvt.Ltd
& anr. Respondents
Mr.R.V.Desai, Senior Counsel with Mr.H.V.Mehta and Mr.Y.R.Mishra,Advocates i/b.Mr.K.C.Sidhwa for the appellants.
CORAM : R.M. LODHA &
D.G. KARNIK, JJ .
DATED : 21st November 2005
P.C.
| Th | e impugned |
order | dated | 10th |
April | 1996 | is in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| operation | for more |
than | nine | years |
sinc | e no |
interim |
| relief | has been |
granted | in | favour | of | the | appellant |
| during | the penden |
cy of |
the | appeal, | Mr.R.V.Desai, | the | |
| learned | senior | counsel | for | the | appel | lants | appreciated |
| rightly | this as |
an impe |
diment | for | any | relief in |
the |
appeal at this distance of time and submitted that the
hearing of writ petition may be expedited.
| 2. | We | find | the | pray | er | of | the | learned | se |
nior cou |
nsel for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | appell | ants | rea | sonable | . | The | writ | petition | being | ||
| quite | old | de | serves | to | be | heard | at |
an | early | date. | The |
| appellants | shall | be | at | lib | erty | to | apply | to | the | learned |
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Single Judge for fixing the date of hearing of writ petition No.595/1996. We expect the learned Single
Judge to hear and decide the said writ petition
expeditiously.
(R.M.LODHA, J.)
(D. G. KARNIK, J.)
The Union of India & ors.
M/s.Khannaco Steel Merchants Pvt.Ltd
R.M. LODHA
D.G. KARNIK
As recorded by the court registry
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