Senior Advocate Milind Sathe, who is also the president of the Bombay Bar Association, said Justice Oka is not known to dodge matters owing to its content, volume or substance. Senior Advocate Milind Sathe, who is also the president of the Bombay Bar Association, said Justice Oka is not known to dodge matters owing to its content, volume or substance. The Bombay Bar Association has also called for an extraordinary general meeting next Monday to discuss and pass an appropriate resolution. The government had filed an application on Thursday where it had sought transfer of all noise pollution matter from a bench headed by Justice Oka after he had expressed “prima facie” opinion against the state’s view on silence zones. Justice Oka disagreed with this stand stating the government would first have to seek modification of the court’s 2016 orders relating to silence zones.

Source: Indian Express August 26, 2017 22:52 UTC