2022 (4) TMI 45

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....k, Senior Advocate, Mr. Nishanth Thakkar, Ms. Jasmin Amalsadvala, Mr. Parag Rao, Mr. Rishikesh Vazarkar and Ms. Sowmya Drago, Advocates for the petitioner. Ms. Susan Linhares, Standing Counsel for the respondents.   P.C.: 1. By instituting this writ petition dated 28th March, 2022, the petitioner mounts a challenge to the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Black Mon....

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....ple grounds. 3. Although Mr. Dada, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner has sought to impress upon us that the impugned show-cause notice is one issued wholly without jurisdiction and the Court ought to interfere even before the respondent no.1 passes an order on the representation of the petitioner, we need not either refer to the objections raised by the petitioner in his repre....

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....clined to grant the petitioner a personal hearing tomorrow at 3.00 p.m., as well as pass a speaking order dealing with the objections raised by the petitioner in the aforesaid representation. 5. Mr. Dada has, at this stage, submitted that if an order is passed by the respondent no.1 on the representation of the petitioner adverse to his interest, the same may not be acted upon immediately and t....

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....  8. We grant the petitioner a fortnight's time, as prayed for, to make further submissions on merits if at all the objections to the jurisdictional issue raised by him are spurned by the respondent no.1. Since on Mr. Dada's prayer we have directed the respondent no.1 to extend to the petitioner opportunity to make his submissions on merits, the period of limitation to pass the requisi....