Interim bail to Adani MD: HC lawyer seeks to quash order

The PIL was filed by High Court advocate Girish Das. He has prayed for an inquiry by an appropriate authority against Justice Doshit for her conduct “as the Habeas Corpus petitions are the business of division bench and not a single judge.” He has also urged that registrar G K Upadhyay should be dismissed as he had forwarded Adani’s petition to Justice Doshit,who was not in charge of judicial business,without the permission of the Chief Justice.

Adani was arrested in Goa on February 27. The same day,one of his relatives moved a writ of Habeas Corpus before the High Court,and Justice Doshit granted him interim bail till March 2 under urgent circumstances.

When the petition came before Justice A S Dave,he reprimanded the Registrar and ordered that no petition would be placed before any court without the permission of the Chief Justice.

Refusing to hear the petition,he said he would hear it only if it came through the proper procedure.

The PIL requests for an inquiry by the Joint Director CBI (western region) against Rajesh Adani “for examining correctness,legality and validity of an agreement with the Dubai Port World of the UAE,and possibility of endangering internal security of Gujarat and the country”.