The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday sought to know from the state authorities whether or not the Indian Navy or state Public Works Division (PWD) held an inspection of the location at Malvan in Sindhudurg district, earlier than putting in the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which collapsed in August this 12 months.
Justice Anil S Kilor was listening to a bail utility by Jaydeep Apte, sculptor of the 35-foot statue, filed via advocate Ganesh Sovani. Apte had approached HC after the periods court docket rejected his bail plea. Justice Kilor sought particulars from the state authorities and adjourned the listening to to December 9.
Earlier this month, the HC had granted bail to a structural guide arrested in reference to the collapse of the statue that was inaugurated on December 4, 2023, on the Rajkot Fort in Malvan.
The periods court docket noticed that the collapse of the statue inside a couple of months of its development prima facie speaks of the standard of labor.
Apte, in his plea, claimed that the periods court docket failed to think about that the FIR was filed in haste by a civil engineer who had no experience in metallurgy and the case was not primarily based on any scientific report.
