India, Aug. 28 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Bombay High Court on Wednesday challenging the closure and proposed demolition of the New Mahim Public Municipal School based on a December 2024 structural audit, although a subsequent independent structural audit found that the school building could be repaired and did not need to be demolished.

The petition alleges that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) acted arbitrarily while shutting down the school in May 2025. It invokes Articles 14 and 21A of the Constitution and the Right to Education Act, 2009, and argues that nearly 2,500 children, particularly those from economically weaker sections, have been deprived of access to their neighbourhood municipa...