The Maharashtra government and the BMC assured the Bombay High Court the situation related to the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic was under control and that authorities were fully geared to meet any eventuality.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and MS Karnik was hearing a public interest litigation seeking judicious distribution of the state's resources to tackle the pandemic. Advocate Purnima Kantharia, appearing for the government, and senior counsel Anil Sakhare, appearing for the BMC, told the court the situation was under control and authorities were prepared to handle the effects of the Omicron variant of the virus if required in future.