A bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta refused to entertain the plea but granted liberty to the petitioner, advocate Yogamaya MG to file an intervention petition in a pending Public Interest Litigation (PIL) lodged by Congress leader Jaya Thakur.
Earlier on December 21, 2023, the tech company had sought an interim stay on all recovery proceedings initiated against it and offered to pay the base amount of Rs 1,500 crore in cash.
Justice Panigrahi observed in his order that in many cases, the casual approach of most of the doctors while writing the post-mortem reports, is affecting comprehension of medico-legal cases very badly
The Bombay High Court underlined that the Election Commission’s stand was inconsistent as it had conducted by-elections for multiple Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies since the Pune seat became vacant.
The petitioner has urged the court to issue directions to the home affairs and external affairs ministries of the union government and the Indian embassy at the Czech Republic to immediately trace and produce him.