India, July 10 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday restrained the BMC from taking action against 311 bakeries for not transitioning to cleaner fuels before the July 8 deadline, and extended the latter to July 28. The division bench of Justice M S Karnik and Justice N R Borkar passed the order on an application filed by Masoodul Hasan Khan and others, seeking more time to comply with the civic notice.

Subsequent to a high court order of January 9, the BMC had issued notices to all city bakeries that were being run on coal or wood, ordering them to shift to electric ovens or cleaner fuels like LPG or PNG by July 8. However, around 311 bakeries continue to function on conventional fuels.

Offering a reason for this, the Bombay Bakers Associ...