India, Oct. 31 -- The Bombay high court has quashed a communication that halted the selection of five trustees for the Shree Saptashrung Nivasini Devi Trust in Nashik, holding that it was issued without legal authority or the required administrative approval.

A division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale, in its October 29 judgment, also set aside a consequential order by the principal district and sessions judge, Nashik, withdrawing the list of recommended trustees from official websites.

The court made strong observations against Anju Shende, who was special officer to the then chief justice when she sent the communication on March 14. Shende, now serving as a district judge in Pune, said in an affidavit that she had acte...