The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit explaining the rationale behind prohibiting the people, who are yet to receive any anti-coronavirus vaccine dose, from using the suburban rail services in the city.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik directed the Maharashtra chief secretary to file an affidavit, setting out the rationale behind differentiating between the vaccinated and unvaccinated persons when it came to travel on local trains. The state must submit the affidavit by December 21, the high court said while hearing two petitions filed against the state government's order mandating complete vaccination for travelling on local trains.