The BMC recently stated that the teams of civic officers inspected 3,575 shops and establishments across the megapolis and found signboards of 161 shops and establishments violating the apex court directive and rules about Marathi signboards.

The civic body took legal action against 161 shops and establishments for not displaying their signboards in the Marathi (Devnagari) script in bold letters, in violation of a Supreme Court directive. The civic body has constituted teams in 24 civic wards and they have been given powers to take legal action against violators. This is a simmering issue given that it has been going on for so long and has evoked substantial controversy in the past, too.