The order was passed by a division bench of justices R M Borde and R G Ketkar while hearing a public interest litigation filed by former Mumbai top cop Julio Ribeiro seeking a judicial inquiry into the fire incident.
Fourteen people had died and over 30 others injured when a massive swept through '1 Above' and 'Mojo's Bistro' pubs in the Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai on December 28.
The Bombay High Court today permitted hotelier Vishal Karia, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the Kamala Mills fire, to seek immediate bail from a magistrate's court.
The 30-year-old hotelier was on the run along with co-owners of the pub, Kripesh Sanghavi and Jigar Sanghavi, since the day of the incident.
Yug Pathak was arrested hours after police booked the owners of Mojo's Bistro for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with last month's fire that killed 14 people.
The development comes a day after a preliminary investigation report by the Mumbai fire brigade revealed that fire began in Mojo's Bistro and not in 1Above pub.
The report said that that flying embers from illegal hookah being served at Mojo's Bistro was the probable cause of the massive fire in the Kamala Mills compound on December 29.
The pub owners, Kripesh Mansukhlal Sanghvi, Jigar Sanghvi and Abhijeet Mankar, have been absconding ever since a fire claimed 14 lives and injured over 30 others on December 29.
The owners of 1Above have written to President Kovind, PM Modi and others, alleging that the Mumbai police investigations was "biased."
Both Lopez and Bawa were present in the pub when the blaze occurred in the early hours of December 29, but fled without helping the guests.
The arrested persons have been identified as Kevin Bava and Lisbon Lopez. A criminal case was registered against them with NM Joshi Marg Police after the tragedy last week.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) initiated a mega demolition drive and had razed illegal, unauthorised structures of at least 100 restaurants and pubs across the city till afternoon, an official said.
Amidst a public outrage with the incident figuring in Parliament on Friday, the BMC suspended five officials including a fire brigade officer, hours after the conflagration.
Karan Johar tweeted about Kamala Mills fire that consumed 4 lives on Friday.
1Above blamed Mojo's Bistro for not having an emergency exit, leading to overcrowding of 1Above's escape avenues.
The blaze at the rooftop pub during a party spread rapidly through the building, trapping many inside. Among those killed were 11 women, including Khushbu Bansali, who was celebrating her 29th birthday, and many of her friends.
Fourteen persons, including a young woman celebrating her birthday, were asphyxiated, and at least 55 others injured in the deadly blaze that broke out in the Kamala Mills compound.
Fourteen persons, including a young woman celebrating her birthday, were asphyxiated, and at least 23 others injured in a major fire that engulfed a pub and other establishments in the wee hours on Friday.
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