Aurangabad bench to hear PIL against Shirdi Trust's new panel

The Bombay High Court yesterday transferred to its Aurangabad bench a PIL challenging the recent appointment of a new managing committee by the state government to run the Shirdi Sai Baba Trust. A bench headed by Justice V M Kanade was of the view that the HC bench at Aurangabad bench has the jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Moreover, a similar matter is pending before the Aurangabad bench and hence the PIL was transferred to club the two petitions together. The PIL alleged that persons with political affiliations and criminal antecedents were being appointed by the state government to run the trust.