A judgement pronounced in open court but signed by the judge after he was transferred is a valid judgement, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh relied on several Supreme Court.
The HC also quashed another BMC order granting permission to another group to hold the puja at the venue after it submitted an application seeking nod along with a letter from a former corporator of the BJP.
A division bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and MG Sewlikar dismissed the plea filed by Kaalkaa Real Estates Ltd, a company owned by Rane, saying that the same was “devoid of merits and deserved to be dismissed”.
The Bombay High Court has asked the District Coastal Zone Monitoring Committee to decide on its jurisdiction to issue showcause notice to Union Minister Narayan Rane’s company.