Mumbai News Live Updates: Mumbai and several other districts in Maharashtra are experiencing heavy downpour. The IMD predicts that the rain’s intensity will increase over the next three to four hours. Warnings and alerts have been issued for multiple districts across the state.

In other news, The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that a total of 81 people have so far died due to manual scavenging in the state. It said that a total compensation of Rs 8.1 crore (Rs 10 lakh each) has been distributed to the kin of the deceased persons as per government circular of 2019.

Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the Maharashtra government’s notification that exempted private schools within a one-kilometer radius of government or aided schools from Right to Education (RTE) Act quota admissions. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said the notification dated February 9 was “ultra vires” to Article 21 of the Constitution of India and provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, also known as the RTE.