Justice S V Gangapurwala Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala, who served as Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of the Bombay High Court from December last year, will on Sunday take oath as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. In his over five-month tenure as the head of Maharashtra's top court, to curb frivolous litigations, ACJ Gangapurwala-led bench directed close to 34 litigants to deposit nearly Rs 67.25 lakh as precondition to hear PILs to ensure their “locus standi” (legal standing) or as a cost imposed on dismissal of PILs. Born on May 24, 1962, Justice Gangapurwala became judge of the Bombay High Court in March, 2010. The action by ACJ Gangapurwala is in tune with repeated observations by the Supreme Court that "false, mischievous and frivolous PILs are increasingly becoming the bane of our judicial system.” Justice Gangapurwala, who also imposed costs on PILs including the one seeking court-monitored probe into the death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, among other...