Snehal Upadhyay –
Published on: August 31, 2021, at 14:05 IST
The Bombay High Court with respect to COVID-19 third have has decided to extend the validation of all the interim orders passed by the Courts and Tribunals till 30th September in order to protect people from dispossessions, demolitions and evictions due to the restricted functioning of Courts.
Earlier, the Constitutional Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta looking onto the improving situation of COVID-19 had refused to give any such extension beyond August 30.
The Bench stated that “Considering the prevailing situation of uncertainty, as well as keeping in mind the [ensuing] festivities, which could pose a threat to humankind, we are of the considered opinion that the interest of justice would sufficiently be served if for the present, in modification of our earlier orders, the protective interim orders are extended till the end of the month”.
The Constitutional Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justices AA Sayyed, SS Shinde and PB Varale kept all orders or decrees for eviction, dispossession or demolition after April 9, in abeyance, following to the State’s lockdown guidelines.
On April 16, 2021, the Constitutional Bench extended the validation of interim orders till 7 May 2021 which was further made extended to August 21, 2021.
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