A petitioner on Friday informed the Bombay High Court about a newspaper report claiming that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Iqbal Chahal has directed civic officials not to remove hoardings and banners of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing a bunch of petitions against illegal hoardings, posters and banners in public places.