Expressing strong displeasure with politicians for not following COVID-19 lockdown curbs in Maharashtra, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court said that no leader or minister should conduct physical ceremonies or functions.

The bench was informed that some politicians had conducted inauguration ceremonies. The court observed that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra had appealed not to conduct such ceremonies but they are happening. It asked about the politician-police nexus. In yet another trenchant observation, the court asked if lockdown restrictions and orders passed by the court on COVID-19 related issues in the interest of public health are meant only for the poor, and if politicians are above the law.