The petitioner withdrew the writ petition with liberty to file a detailed reply to the show cause notice. The court clarified that no observation is made on the merits.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.12787 OF 2018
Thomson Reuters India Pvt. Ltd. …..Petitioner
Vs.
Union of India and Ors. …..Respondents
Mr. Prasad Paranjape for petitioner.
Mr. Pradeep Jetly, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. J.B. Mishra and Ms. Ruju Thakkar for respondent nos.1 and 2.
CORAM : K. R. SHRIRAM & A. S. DOCTOR, JJ. DATED : 9th NOVEMBER 2022
P.C. :
1 After hearing the petition for some time when we expressed
our views to Mr. Paranjape that all grounds raised in this petition could be raised in the reply to be filed to the show cause notice, Mr. Paranjape
sought leave of the Court to withdraw the petition with liberty to file a detailed reply to the show cause notice.
2 Reply to the show cause notice to be filed within four weeks from today. Petitioner may raise all points in the reply and the Adjudicating Authority shall consider all submissions of petitioner and pass a reasoned order.
3 If the Adjudicating Authority does not agree with petitioner’s submissions, he shall give reasons for his disagreement as well. Before any order is passed, a personal hearing shall be given to petitioner and notice of
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personal hearing shall be communicated atleast 7 working days in advance. If petitioner wishes to file written submissions recording what transpired during the personal hearing, petitioner may do so within 3 working days after personal hearing. The final order to be passed within 12 weeks from today.
merits of the matter.
Gauri Gaekwad
Thomson Reuters India Pvt. Ltd.
Union of India
K. R. Shriram
A. S. Doctor
As recorded by the court registry
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