The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Centre and Maharashtra government to file their affidavits in reply to a PIL seeking action against self-styled Godwoman Sukhwinder Kaur alias Radhe Maa for carrying a trident in her hands while travelling in a flight.

The PIL, filed by social worker, Ramesh Joshi claimed that Radhe Maa had flouted civil aviation rules by carrying trident in her hands while boarding a flight by a private airlines from Aurangabad to Mumbai on August 9.