Morbi bridge collapse: Gujarat HC takes suo motu cognisance, issues notice to state government
FirstpostGujarat HC also sought a status report from the chief secretary and home secretary by next Monday when the matter will come up for hearing Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy and issued notices to the state government and local authorities and also sought a status report in the matter by November 14. A division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri issued notices to the Gujarat government through the chief secretary, state home department, commissioner of municipalities, Morbi municipality, district collector and State Human Rights Commission and relisted the matter on November 14. It also sought a status report from the chief secretary and home secretary by next Monday when the matter will come up for hearing. The court took suo motu cognisance of the incident on the basis of a newspaper report.