India, April 2 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed its registry department to place before an appropriate bench the petition filed by Satish Salian, father of late celebrity manager Disha Salian, seeking a CBI probe into his daughter's death and an FIR against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray. The plea was initially heard by a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale before being referred for reassignment.

Salian's legal team argued that the case pertains to crimes against women and should be assigned to the division bench headed by Justice Sarang Kotwal. The court subsequently ordered the registry department to take necessary steps for the petition's reassignment.

Satish Salian has alleged that...