Bombay High Court Holds Letters Patent Appeal Maintainable Against Order in PIL and Validates Judgment Pronouncement by Single Judge After Other Judge Ceases to Hold Office. The court ruled that an order refusing to recall an earlier order in a Public Interest Litigation is a 'judgment' under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, and a judgment prepared and signed by both judges of a Division Bench can be pronounced by one judge after the other demits office.
28 Feb 2006The case arose from a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the appellant concerning environmental issues in Lonavala. A Division Bench of the Bom...
