A very famous incident about Justice Kathawalla was when he sat till 3.30 am and heard over 100 cases in one sitting. He came to be known as “workaholic judge” and a “judge who burnt the mid-night oil”.
State advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, pointed out the fact that the state selected the two contractors, especially Javi, which had carried out a similar city surveillance project for Delhi.
A bench of Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav on Thursday afternoon initially passed orders staying the work of the contentious project asking the authorities to pay Rs 1 lakh to each of the 900 fishermen.