The Bombay High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for its “extremely casual” approach towards tackling malnutrition in the state’s tribal-dominated Melghat region, where 65 infants between the ages of zero and six months have reportedly died since June this year.

A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil described the situation as “horrific” and said the state should be “worried and concerned” about the continuing deaths of children due to malnutrition.

“This is horrific. The government should be worried and concerned. Sixty-five infants have died from June till now. You should be worried. Just as we are concerned, you all should be too,” the bench observed.

The court was hearing a batch of public interest litigations (PILs) highlighti

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