The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to provide generators, inverters and solar panels on a war-footing to schools so that the students are not forced to give examinations in darkness due to load shedding in the state.

The bench of Justices Abhay Oka and A S Chandurkar was hearing a contempt petition filed by activist Vishnu Gawli alleging that the government had not implemented earlier court orders in 2008 of providing uninterrupted power supply to schools which conduct HSC and SSC examinations. Gawli, arguing in person, informed the judges that till date the government has not taken any steps to ensure that such provisions are made for students, especially during the examinations. To this, Justice Oka observed that the state's finance department should have taken necessary steps in this regard.