Nine of the 15 accused in the criminal case filed against Lavasa Corporation by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in Pune appeared today in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) through their lawyers.
The court asked summons be reissued to the remaining five, including Ms Anuradha Desai, Mr Vithal Maniyar and Kunal Menghandi, as their addresses could not be found.
Lavasa Chairman, Mr Ajit Gulabchand, and others requested the court for personal exemption, while the Corporation informed the court that it will be filing a writ in the higher court to set aside the judgement of the Pune court.
One of the accused – the non Executive Director, Mr S.K. Dharmadhikari, has already obtained a stay against further proceedings in the Pune Court through a writ petition filed in the High Court. Six others have filed a criminal revision petition for setting aside the order for issue process.
The matter is adjourned for further hearing till March 17.