India, June 12 -- The Bombay High Court has set aside two orders issued by the Maharashtra education department concerning the reopening of schools in the State's Vidarbha region and directed that schools there reopen after June 30.

The directive by the high court's Nagpur bench came on Wednesday on a petition filed by Vijay D Kombey, who had challenged a government circular dated March 28, 2026, directing that all schools across the State reopen from June 15.

The petitioner, through his lawyer BG Kulkarni, submitted in the court that the reopening date was subsequently shifted to June 22, after he moved the HC, through another circular dated June 9 issued by the Director of Education.

According to the Kombey, the orders violated a 200...