India, July 30 -- The Maharashtra Government told the Bombay high court on Monday that a draft of the Maharashtra Private Tuition Classes (Regulations) Bill had been prepared and that it would endeavor to pass it as soon as possible.

The division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Sandeep Marne was hearing a petition filed by Bhagwanji Raiyani for the implementation of the court's orders in 2008 and 2018 that directed the state government to regulate the functioning of the coaching classes in the state. Bhagwanji Raiyani, associated with the Forum for Fairness in Education, has been petitioning the high court since 1990, seeking a legal framework for the functioning of coaching classes and the 2008 and 2018 orders were issued...