Bombay High Court tells Maharashtra government to not arrest Param Bir Singh till May 24
The Hindu
A division bench heard all 61 matters listed before them till midnight and said, “since we would seize to be vacation judges at the stroke of 12am so we adjourn the hearing to May 24.”
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to not arrest former police commissioner Param Bir Singh till May 24 in the atrocities case filed against him. A division bench of justices SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade heard all 61 matters listed before them till midnight and said, “since we would seize to be vacation judges at the stroke of 12am so we adjourn the hearing to May 24.” The court was hearing a petition filed by Mr Singh seeking to quash the FIR filed against him at Bazzar Peth Police Station Kalyan and it is also registered at Akola. The plea states, “The FIR refers to an event of 2015 and is belatedly registered after having failed to pressurize him to withdraw his complaint against former home minister Anil Deshmukh.”The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.
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