The Gujarat High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy and issued notices to the state government and local authorities and also sought a status report in the matter by November 14.
The British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30, claiming 135 lives.
The bridge was thrown open for the public on October 26 after seven months of repair work by a private firm.
“We have taken a suo motu (on their own) cognisance of the Morbi incident. But for the vacation, we would have sat on the same day itself,” a division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri said addressing Advocate General Kamal Trivedi who was present in the court.
