PANAJI: The former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda’s Golden Globe Hotels Private Limited has given an undertaking to the High Court of Bombay at Goa that it would not, till the next hearing, operate the offshore casino even if it was granted licence by the government.
The vacation Judge of the High Court, Justice Mahesh Sonak adjourned to November 15 the further hearing on the petition filed by advocate Aires Rodrigues challenging allegedly the move by the Goa government to renew and grant an offshore casino licence. The government advocate informed the High Court that no licence has yet been issued to the new casino.
The petitioner has, in his petition, sought the recall of the order passed by the High Court on August 1, 2016 which was passed after a statement was made by Additional Advocate General to the Court which is allegedly contrary to the official records. Advocate Rodrigues has also drawn the High Court’s attention to a cabinet decision taken by the Goa government in 2014 not to renew expired casino licences.
