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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 118 OF 2006
Bal Hakk Abhiyan through its Mumbai ) Convenor and others ).. Petitioners
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and others ).. Respondents
None present for the Petitioners. Mr. V.S. Masurkar for the Union of India. Mr. Pradeep Jadhav, Assistant Government Pleader, for the State.
CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J.
A.M. KHANWILKAR, J. DATED : 10TH DECEMBER 2009
P.C .
It is contended on behalf of the State that the report from the Union of India as well as the State is filed and nothing survives in the present Public Interest Litigation.
CHIEF JUSTICE
A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.
Bal Hakk Abhiyan through its Mumbai Convenor and others
The State of Maharashtra and others
Swatanter Kumar
A.M. Khanwilkar
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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