The Bombay High Court on Sunday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by four law students challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to declare a public holiday on January 22 for the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya.
The court deemed the petition “politically motivated, frivolous and vexatious”, advising the students to utilise their time more constructively.
A Bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale, which held a special hearing on Sunday for the petition filed by students from Maharashtra and Gujarat, refrained from imposing the exemplary cost on the petitioners due to their age and criticised the plea’s political overtones.
