The High Court of Bombay disposed of the PIL by noting that the same issue was pending before the Apex Court, which had issued a notice to be taken on record by the petitioner.
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JPP
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (Lodg.) NO. 88 OF 2017
“Citizen Circle for Social Welfare and Education” Through its President – Mr. Arshad Ali.
… Petitioner.
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
... Respondents.
Mr. Shehzad Naqvi for the Petitioner.
Mr. Virag Tulzapurkar – Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Dinesh Pednekar, Mr. Shailesh Poria and Mr. C. Keswani i/b ELP for Google. Mr. Manek Mulla a/w Mr. Danesh Mehta i/b M. Mulla & Asso, for Respondent No.4.
Mr. Ameya Gokhale a/w Mr. Vaibhav Singh and Ms. Rekha Shrivastav i/b Shardul Amarchand, for Respondent No.5.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar a/w. Mr. Praveer Shetty i/b. Res Legal for Respondent 6 (Yahoo India Pvt. Ltd.)
CORAM : DR. MANJULA CHELLUR,C.J. & N.M. JAMDAR, J.
DATE : SEPTEMBER 21, 2017.
P.C. :-
Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner. The learned Counsel for the Respondents have placed on record the order dated 15 September 2017 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 872 of
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2017 where in a similar matter, the larger bench of the Apex Court has already issued a notice fixing a returnable date within three weeks. The issue under grievance raised in the PIL is similar to the issue pending before the Apex Court.
(N.M. JAMDAR, J.) CHIEF JUSTICE
Citizen Circle for Social Welfare and Education
The State of Maharashtra
DR. MANJULA CHELLUR
N.M. JAMDAR
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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