High court drops charges against Auda, AMC chiefs

Gujarat high Court has discharged contempt of Court proceedings against
AMC Chief and chairman of Auda after they submitted an affidavit assuring that they will follow all orders on fire safety. The division bench of justice J M Panchal and H H Mehta discharged the petition observing that they were not able to implement the Court order due to prevailing conditions.

Earlier, the high Court had issued contempt of Court notices against the duo as they had failed to implement orders on fire safety. The high Court had observed that though the authorities had all the power they had not implemented the high court’s order.

However, the advocates pleaded that the three different division bench of high court gave varied rulings, so it was difficult to implement them, they added. They also submitted that the earlier division bench had ordered that fire safety installation should be done in such a manner that common people should not be affected.

They had kept this in mind while implementing the high Court orders. The flat owners of high-rises had also approached the high Court for concession against cutting essential services like light, water and drainage facilities, which complicated the matter, they added.

Republished from TheAsian Age