The High Court of Bombay disposed of PIL No. 48 of 2015 as infructuous after the State Government withdrew the challenged Development Plan, subjecting the petitioner to liberty to apply if necessary.
Petition disposed of as infructuous; liberty to apply granted.
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PILL. 48-15
VPH
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. 48 OF 2015
Navakal Newspaper & Navakal Press & Anr. ... Petitioners Vs.
State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents
Mr. Sidhesh Pilankar i/b Udar Warunjikar, for the Petitioners. Mr. M. P. Jadhav, AGP a/w J. S. Saluja, AGP for Respondent No. 1. Mr. A. Y. Sakhare, for Respondent No. 2.
CORAM : V. M. KANADE, & M. S. SONAK, JJ.
DATE : APRIL 22, 2015 PC.
. This petition has become infructuous on account of the decision taken by the State Government to withdraw the Development Plan. Writ petition is, therefore, disposed of on the ground that it has become infructuous. Liberty, however, is granted to the Petitioner to apply if the need arises.
Vinayak Halemath
1 / 1
Navakal Newspaper & Navakal Press & Anr.
State of Maharashtra & Anr.
V. M. Kanade
M. S. Sonak
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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