The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said that all interim orders passed by all courts in Maharashtra and Goa would continue till October 31 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A four-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, Justices A.A. Sayed, S.S. Shinde, and K.K. Tated said, “The situation in Maharashtra, because of the pandemic, continues to be grim. Normal functioning of the courts is yet to be restored. In view of which, we consider it just and appropriate to extend all interim orders till October 31.”
This implies that all orders for eviction, dispossession and demolition already passed by the courts will remain in abeyance until October 31, in same terms as directed earlier.
After six months, on Wednesday, a Bench headed by the Chief Justice heard a matter physically on removal of encroachments along riverbeds in areas that come under the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal…