The Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday observed that Mumbai has been brought to a standstill by the ongoing Maratha morcha led by activist Manoj Jarange, noting that the protest has neither remained peaceful nor adhered to the conditions set earlier.

The court urged that normalcy be restored in the city and granted Jarange and his supporters time until Tuesday noon to vacate all streets and rectify the situation, reported news agency PTI. 

Jarange, who began his hunger strike at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai on August 29, is demanding a 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.