Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt about steps to avert fresh terror attacks

A Nagpur bench of Bombay high court in a notice to state government has sought the steps it proposes to prevent fresh terror attacks in the state.

The division bench comprising justice JN Patel and justice BR Gavai hearing a criminal petition filed by one Digambar Pajgade proposing various measures to avert terror attacks, issued notices to state and senior officials asking them to reply in six weeks time. The matter would come up for hearing on May 6.
    
Pajgade has filed a criminal PIL on July 16, 2009 with a plea to order the state government to take preventive measures to avert fresh terrorists' attacks on public institutions and properties in Mumbai and other parts of the state.
   
He has also suggested a number of effective measures to be considered by the state government through his plea.