Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to restore authorisation to Mahila Bachat Gats who run fair price shops. The authorisation was cancelled after allegations that rice grain was being stocked unauthorisedly by some groups.
Quashing an order of the Deputy Commissioner (Food Supply) cancelling the licences of four women bachat groups, running a ration shop, the Bombay High Court last week pulled up the Maharashtra government for acting against the motto of empowering women. The HC accordingly, restored the licences of the bachat groups from Ahmednagar district in the state.