The Bombay High Court has warned the Maharashtra government of stern action if there are any more deaths of children due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing public interest litigation filed in 2007, highlighting the high number of deaths of children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in the state's Melghat region because of malnutrition.