The Bombay High Court has issued an injunction prohibiting any political parties and people from participating in the Maharashtra bandh scheduled for August 24 or any subsequent dates. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance had called the bandh to protest the Badlapur sexual assault. A sweeper at a school sexually assaulted two kindergarten girls in Badlapur, Thane district, reported PTI. 

Per the news agency report, after hearing two petitions submitted by attorneys Subhash Jha and Gunaratan Sadavarte, a division bench chaired by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar imposed the order. The court`s ruling is based on a July 2004 decision that found enforcing a bandh or hartal unlawful, subject to legal action, and compensation for any ensuing damage.