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The Bombay High Court criticised the Maharashtra government’s “extremely casual” approach after 65 infants died from malnutrition in the tribal region in 2025.

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Describing the deaths of infants from malnutrition in Maharashtra’s tribal region of Melghat as “horrific,” the Bombay High Court on Wednesday criticised the state government for its “extremely casual” handling of the crisis.

A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil observed that between June 2025 and now, 65 infants aged between zero and six months have died due to malnutrition in the Melghat region of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

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