Interim protection against enforcement granted where an identical challenge was already pending in a connected writ petition.

A writ petition challenged implementation of certain notifications and an order-in-original, with an identical challenge already pending in a connected petition. The Bombay High Court issued rule and granted ad-interim relief restraining further action pursuant to the impugned order-in-original, and directed that the petition be heard with the connected writ petition. The operative effect was interim protection against enforcement pending joint consideration of the overlapping challenge.

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Issues: Whether, in view of the identical challenge pending in a connected writ petition, the Court should grant rule and ad-interim protection against implementation of the impugned notifications and the order-in-original.

Outcome: Rule issued. Ad-interim relief granted in terms of the prayer restraining further action pursuant to the impugned order-in-original. The petition is to be heard with the connected writ petition.

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