The first Division Bench of the Madras High Court led by Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala on Tuesday referred to the third Division Bench led by Justice R. Mahadevan the three public interest litigation petitions filed against the proposed conduct of Formula 4 night street race in Chennai on December 9 and 10.
According to portfolio, all PILs were supposed to be heard by the first Bench comprising the Chief Justice and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy. However, the three PILs filed last week were heard by the Bench consisting of Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq because the Chief Justice sat in the Madurai Bench.
