The Bombay High Court questions the inaction on the part of civic bodies over the rising number of hoardings, banners and posters in Maharashtra. File. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court on Thursday (December 19, 2024) issued contempt notices to all political parties in connection to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against increasing numbers of illegal hoardings and banners across the State featuring politicians and political parties. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar heard the petition for the second day in a row and observed: “The court had in its earlier orders taken on record the undertakings given by the political parties. However, it appears that these political parties have not come true with the same. We issue notice requiring them (political parties) to show cause as to why appropriate action for defiance of the judgment passed in 2017 should not be taken against them under the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act. Let the political parties show cause why contempt action should …