India, Nov. 13 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday criticised the Maharashtra government for its "extremely casual approach" over the issue of malnutrition among children in the state. Stating that it is not happy with the government's lax attitude, the court noted that 65 infants aged between zero and six months have died due to malnutrition in the Melghat from June till now. "This is horrific. The government should be concerned, just as we are", the court said.

The division bench of justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil was hearing a bunch of Public Interest Litigations (PIL) raising concern about the prevalence of severe malnourishment amongst tribal children and recurring death of pregnant women, particularly from Melghat a...