Opposition leaders and workers will hold peaceful demonstrations and tie black flags and black bands on Saturday as a mark of protest against the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra against the Badlapur sexual assault case, news agency PTI reported.

The Congress said that the opposition decided to retract on its decision of holding a bandh in Maharashtra after the Bombay High Court (HC) ruling. On Friday, HC restrained political leaders from going ahead with the Maharashtra bandh on Saturday or on any future date. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said the Maharashtra government shall take all the necessary steps to prevent a bandh. It further stated that such a protest will paralyse normal life. The court also referred to a 2004 HC ruling which held the enforcement of bandhs or general strikes as unconstitutional.