A Mumbai-based lawyer has asked the Bombay High Court to take suo motu (on its own) cognisance of an alleged sexual assault on two young girls at a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra.

Advocate Ajinkya Gaikwad addressed Justice Bharati Dangre with his request, but the judge recommended he file it with an appropriate division or two-member bench since cases like Badlapur sexual assault cannot be heard by a single bench, reported PTI.