Todays DNA.
A judge announced in the Bombay High Court today that he had received a call from a former client seeking to influence the case he was hearing.
Justice P B Majmudar, part of a division bench with Justice RV More, was hearing a dispute between the Ruia Group and Goyal Gas Limited (GGL) over the control of Bombay Oxygen Company Ltd. The call, seeking an order in favour of GGL, had come from Ahmedabad, he said.
He said he is still thinking whether or not he will pass an order and will inform those concerned on Thursday.
“Such things disturb us. Nobody understands the plight of a judge,” Justice Majmudar said. “Somebody must have told them that the order is likely to be passed today. Their machinery is more powerful than the CBI,” Justice Majmudar said.
The advocates for the two parties however urged the bench to go ahead and pass an order to send the right message.
He said “this tendency to treat court proceedings like any other revenue matter” should be curbed.
“Judges are kept away from mainstream society. We suffer because of that but we are happy to be suffering than being pressurised in this manner,” Justice Majmudar said.
Advocate Kamlesh Kharade, who represents GGL, said, “Nobody knows who has done it. But both parties will submit applications saying they have full faith in the court.”
