Mumbai: Four law students filed a PIL with the Bombay High Court on Saturday, challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to declare a public holiday on January 22 to commemorate the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The petitioners filed an application with the High Court requesting that a special bench hear their case on Sunday. The plea would most likely be heard by a bench of Justice Girish S Kulkarni and Justice Neela K Gokhale. The petitioners, law students from Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai, and NIRMA Law University, Gujarat, sought to quash the January 19 notification of the state government saying that “any policy regarding declaration of public holidays cannot be…
