Brian Hillary Castellino v. The Union Of India And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (ST.) NO. 53 OF 2013 Anand Suresh Joshi @ Yogacharya Shri Anandji ... Petitioner Vs.

Union Government of India & Ors.

... Respondents WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3990 OF 2013 Brian Hillary Castellino ... Petitioner Vs.

The Union of India & Ors.

... Respondents ......

Mr. K. K. Holambe Patil for the Petitioner in CRPILL/53/2013. Mr. H. S. Venegaonkar for the Respondent-UOI. Mrs. P.P.Shinde, APP for Respondent-State.

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CORAM : S. C. DHARMADHIKARI & SMT. BHARATI H. DANGRE, JJ.

DATE : JANUARY 24, 2018.

P.C. :

We do not think that we should keep this Public Interest Litigation pending, all the more when the same issue as is raised in this Public Interest Litigation is being examined by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. The petitioner is free to seek an intervention in those proceedings. We cannot have a parallel adjudication in this Court on the same issue as that would contravene the judicial discipline. The Criminal Public Interest

vikrant 2/2 914-CRPILL-53-2013.odt Litigation is disposed of with liberty as above. The connected Writ Petition is also disposed of.

(SMT. BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.) (S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.)