The plea in Bombay High Court seeking to include the sale of books as an essential service under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), 1968 has been filed by Marathi Prakashak Parishad, an organisation of Marathi book publishers from Pune, through Advocate Asim Sarode.
The Court declares the strike by the nurses in the State as illegal and condemns their action especially because such a call has been given at a time when the country has still not been able to come out of the ill effects of the second wave of COVID-19.