MUMBAI, Aug. 27 -- Two days before Manoj Jarange-Patil's planned indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan for quota benefits for Marathas, the Bombay High Court stopped the activist in his tracks. The HC said that Jarange-Patil could not hold his protest without obtaining prior permission from the police under the Public Meetings, Agitations and Processions Rules, 2025, which were notified on Tuesday itself. Jarange-Patil, however, said he would go ahead with his Azad Maidan plan at any cost. The activist had set a deadline of August 27 for the state government, warning that failure to meet it would trigger a mass mobilisation in Mumbai. P6...