Justice N A Britto of the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Friday recused himself from hearing the anticipatory bail applications filed by absconding former tourism minister Francisco ‘Mickky’ Pacheco and his former officer on special duty Lyndon Monteiro.
The judge passed an order saying “not before me’’ when the bail applications came up for hearing before him on Friday, without giving any reason.
Pacheco and Lyndon will now have to move an application before the chief justice for him to allot the anticipatory bail applications to another judge. The two had filed the applications seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the Nadia Torrado death case.
Interestingly, the fresh applications are accompanied by affidavits sworn before a notary public to avoid appearing in person in the HC office.
Pacheco’s application has been sworn before a notary in Margao, while Lyndon has sworn it in Mumbai. In his bail application, former tourism
Source:- The Times of India 19 June 2010 Page 10 Delhi
Source:- The Times of India 19 June 2010 Page 10 Delhi
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