Mumbai: Asking the state government to take an early decision on permitting physical meetings of all civic bodies in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed two BMC corporators to attend the standing committee meeting at its Fort headquarters.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Makarand Karnik hoped the government takes “an appropriate decision as early as possible and not later than five days” for holding of physical meetings of municipal corporations, councils etc.
The court heard a PIL by standing committee members Vinod Mishra and Makarand Narvekar to quash the October 1 notice by municipal secretary for the meeting at 2 pm on Tuesday through videoconference.
Urging for a stay on the notice, their advocate Amogh Singh said that at earlier online meetings they were muted and had to hold placards to requesting that they be unmuted.
The judges said the prevailing situation in Mumbai does not point to any imminent third wave. “If any standing committee member wishes to participate in the meeting physically, he/she should be allowed to do so,” they said.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/let-municipal-bodies-in-state-hold-physical-meetings-bombay-hc/articleshow/86795086.cms
