Ahmad M. Abdi vs State of Maharashtra

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2019 Supreme(Bom) 34

A.S.OKA, M.S.SONAK
Ahmad M. Abdi – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Ahmad M. Abdi,
For the Respondent:Mr.A.Y.Sakhare, Mr. Rohan Mirpury, Mr. Harshwardhan Borse, Mr. Yashwant Dhanegave, Mr. Raviraj Shinde and Ms. Geeta Shastri, Mr. Sagar Patil, Mr.Sanjay Udeshi i/b. Sanjay Udeshi and Co., Mr. Milind Sathe, Mr.Bhushan Deshmukh and Ms.Mallika Taly i/b. S.Mohamadbhai & Co, Mr.V.A.Thorat, Senior Advocate with Mr.S.M.Gorwadkar, Mr.P.J.Thorat i/b. Mr.L.T.Satelkar, Mr. Anil Singh, Additional Solicitor General with Mr.Rui Rodrigues and Mr.N.R.Prajapati, Mr. Upendra Lokegaonkar and Mr. Dushyant Kumar, Mr. Darius Khambatta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Zal Andhyarujina, Ms. Shivani Khanna i/b. FZB & Associates, Mr. Ajay Fernandes with Ms. Sneha Pandey, i/b. Motiwalla and Co., Mr. Aditya Pratap, Mr.A.M.Chandekar, Prothonotary, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

A.S. Oka, J.

OVERVIEW

“….the Bombay High Court has stood, and is accepted by the public as standing, as the proverbial 'temple of justice', where judges stand away from extraneous influence and justice is dispensed without fear or favour.” This is what late Shri K.M.Munshi said about the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.

Under a Charter issued by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria on 26th June 1862, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay was established on 14th August 1862. The Letters Patent had authorised appointment of 15 Judges, but the Court worked only with 7 Judges for sixty years. Thus, it is a 156 years old institution. On 17th April 1871, construction of the present building of this Court at Mumbai commenced which was completed in November 1878 and functioning of this Court in the present building commenced on 10th January 1879. The material placed on record will show that the building as originally constructed was meant for six to seven Courts which were located on the second floor. Now, the sanctioned strength of the Judges of the Bombay High Court is 94. When all

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2019 Supreme(Bom) 34

A.S.OKA, M.S.SONAKAhmad M. Abdi – AppellantVersusState of Maharashtra – Respondent

Cases Referred (6)

A.S.OKA, M.S.SONAK
Ahmad M. Abdi – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent