India, April 28 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued a showcause notice to a Bandra-based salon for allegedly spray-painting a live banyan tree, citing violations of the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975 and directions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). It also requested the Bandra police to register an FIR.

In the notice sent to the salon, Tip and Toe Luxe The Nail, Lashes, Brows & Microblading, at Pali Naka, the assistant superintendent of gardens (H/West) flagged "illegal defacement, painting and damaging" of a banyan tree outside the salon's premises.

The notice alleges that the salon engaged someone to spray-paint the trunk and aerial roots pink and green to ma...