-1- IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT CONTEMPT CONTEMPT PETITION NO.96 OF 2007 PETITION NO.96 OF 2007 PETITION NO.96 OF 2007 Tora Khasgir Borhani ...Petitioner vs. Regional Registration Office and ors. ...Respondents Mr.P.M.Havnur for the Petitioner CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: A.S.OKA,J. A.S.OKA,J. A.S.OKA,J. DATE DATE DATE : MARCH 16,2007. : MARCH 16,2007. : MARCH 16,2007. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. The case of the Petitioner is that the Petitioner has applied on 6th February 2007 to the Consulate General, High Commission of India, Australia for grant of employment visa and the said Application is not yet decided. Reliance is placed on the decision of a Division Bench of this Court dated 23rd January 2007 in the Writ Petition No.7715 of 2006. The Division Bench has directed the Respondents in the Writ Petition to appropriately consider the Application made by the husband of the Petitioner for employment visa on the background of the facts stated in the said order. As stated above, the Application has been made by the petitioner’s husband recently on 6th February 2007. The Contempt Petition is affirmed on 12th March 2007. There is no time limit incorporated in the order of the Division Bench for disposal of the application made by the Petitioner’s husband. As of today, it cannot be said that the Application is kept pending for unreasonably long time. Therefore, no case is made out for exercising jurisdiction under Contempt of Courts Act,1971 or under Article 215 of the Constitution of India. Petition is rejected. -2- JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE