The High Court held that the Public Interest Litigation and an associated Civil Application do not survive the death of the sole petitioner, disposing of both. However, the issues raised in them were expressly kept open for future proceedings by other parties.
Disposed as the sole petitioner is no more; issues kept open.
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FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.223 OF 2010 ALONG WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO.96 OF 2012
Office Notes, Office
Memorandam of Coram,
appearances, Court’s orders Court’s or Judge’s orders
or directions and
Registrar’s orders
Mr.Pralhad Paranjape i/b Shakuntala Wadekar for the
Petitioner and for the applicant
Mr.V.P.Malvankar, AGP `A' Panel for the Respondent
Nos.3 and 4.
Mr.Pankaj Sutar i/b Khaitan & Jayakar for respondent
No.5.
CORAM : A.S.OKA, &
G.S.KULKARNI,JJ.
DATE : SEPTEMBR 9,2014.
P.C.
1The orders dated 7th July 2014 and
11th August 2014 record that the sole
petitioner is no more. Therefore, this
PIL does not survive and the same is
disposed of. However, the issues
raised are kept open. Civil Application
No.96 of 2012 does not survive and the
same is also disposed of.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Public Interest Litigation survives the death of the sole petitioner.
Public Interest Litigation No. 223 of 2010
Civil Application No. 96 of 2012
Respondent Nos. 3 and 4
Respondent No. 5
A.S. OKA
G.S. KULKARNI
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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