The petitioner, who despatched the mails, was current earlier than the courtroom and expressed his apology. (File)
Mumbai:
Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday refused to listen to a petition after getting irked with private emails despatched to him by the petitioner in search of pressing listening to of the plea.
When the petition was known as out, a division bench of Justices Patel and Kamal Khata mentioned it was recusing from listening to the plea and knowledgeable the petitioner’s advocate of the emails despatched by the petitioner.
The advocate, Kanchan Pamnani, apologised and mentioned she was not conscious of those emails. She urged the courtroom to listen to the plea.
The petition, filed by some visually impaired individuals, sought a path to the Union Ministry of Company Affairs to make their web site extra accessible to people who find themselves visually impaired.
One of many litigants, within the electronic mail to Justice Patel, urged the excessive courtroom to look into the problem and mentioned the plea has not been heard for 2 years.
Justice Patel was irked with this and mentioned such private emails shouldn’t be despatched to judges.
”The matter could also be pending for the way a lot ever time however one can’t ship such private emails to judges,” Justice Patel mentioned.
The courtroom directed for the plea to be positioned earlier than one other bench.
Justice Patel mentioned he would ”by no means contact this matter”.
”I’m by no means going to the touch this matter. Not with a ten-foot pole. Think about if I hear this and move a beneficial order. The message despatched could be that you just ship private emails to judges and you’ll get beneficial orders,” Justice Patel mentioned.
The petitioner, who despatched the mails, was additionally current earlier than the courtroom and expressed his apology.
The excessive courtroom, nonetheless, refused to listen to him.
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