India, Sept. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the registration of a first information report (FIR) against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his party workers for allegedly assaulting Hindi speakers in Maharashtra.

The division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad asked the petitioner's counsel, Subhash Jha, to clarify the maintainability of the PIL, which also sought derecognition of the MNS as a political party.

The petition was filed by Ghanshyam Dayalu Upadhyay in July 2025. Upadhyay claimed that Thackeray and his party workers had been indulging in mob violence since 2005 against immigrants from ...