The Bombay High Court on Saturday disposed of a petition filed by four cab drivers challenging Maharashtra’s Marathi language mandate after the state government informed the court that autorickshaw and taxi drivers would be given an additional year to acquire working knowledge of the language, reported the PTI.

State extends deadline by one year

Additional Government Pleader Jyoti Chavan informed a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad that the Maharashtra government had decided to extend the deadline for drivers to learn Marathi by one year.