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The bureau of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin has said that reports of violence, threats and intimidation directed astatine erstwhile Bombay High Court justice Justice Gautam Patel (retd.) and his household person near the assemblage shocked. The statement, issued connected Monday (June 8, 2026), condemned these acts and each forms of violence, threats and intimidation, stating that specified actions are contrary to the community’s beliefs and values.
Justice Patel and his household person faced menace letters and a carnal onslaught implicit 10 months pursuing a judgement delivered connected April 23, 2024, which held Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin arsenic the rightful spiritual caput of the Dawoodi Bohra community. The Bombay Bar Association has present called for a thorough probe and urged the Ministry of External Affairs to instrumentality up the substance with authorities successful England.
The connection from Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin’s bureau said the Dawoodi Bohra community, nether his leadership, is rooted successful peace, tolerance and respect for the regularisation of law. It noted that the proceedings earlier the Bombay High Court were conducted with dignity and rigour and successful accordance with judicial standards. The regularisation of instrumentality indispensable beryllium respected, and immoderate effort to intimidate the judiciary is unacceptable, the connection added.
“Authorities successful India and the United Kingdom are seized of the substance and are moving to guarantee information and hint the perpetrators,” the connection said. Members of the assemblage person been advised to assistance the authorities. The assemblage volition proceed to basal for peace, lawful behaviour and the sanctity of the judicial process, the connection concluded.
According to reports, Justice Patel’s woman received menace letters successful Mumbai. His daughter, Aditi Patel, received akin letters successful London. The letters warned of consequences if Justice Patel did not retract his judgement done a YouTube video. Aditi Patel was besides reportedly attacked by a masked idiosyncratic connected a London street.
The Bombay Bar Association, done its president and elder advocator Nitin Thakker, recorded its condemnation of immoderate effort to threaten, intimidate, harass, battle oregon people a Judge oregon a Judge’s household members connected relationship of judicial functions. The relation noted that reports of carnal wounded to a household subordinate made the substance peculiarly disturbing and required the attraction of authorities.
The Bombay Bar Association stated that unit oregon threats of unit against Judges oregon their families onslaught astatine judicial independency and represent an battle connected the regularisation of law. Such behaviour is not lone an onslaught connected an idiosyncratic Judge but besides connected the instauration of the judiciary and the law committedness that disputes volition beryllium resolved by courts without fear, favour, affection oregon ill-will, the relation said.
In a law ideology governed by the regularisation of law, judicial decisions whitethorn beryllium questioned, criticised and challenged lone done lawful and law means, including appellate remedies, the relation added. Resort to threats, intimidation, coercion oregon unit against judges oregon their families has nary spot successful a civilised nine and cannot beryllium tolerated.
The Bombay Bar Association expressed its solidarity with Justice Patel and his household and reaffirmed its committedness to judicial independence, the dignity of courts and the regularisation of law. The relation called upon the acrophobic authorities to behaviour a prompt, thorough and effectual probe into the incidents and to guarantee that each persons liable are identified, apprehended and prosecuted. It besides called upon the Ministry of External Affairs to instrumentality each indispensable steps and instrumentality up the substance with authorities successful England to guarantee the information of Justice Patel’s family.
