<h1>Court declines stay on pigeon-feeding spot closures citing public health; former legislator jailed for assault under IPC Section 353</h1> The Bombay High Court clarified it did not order the closure of pigeon-feeding spots in Mumbai but declined to stay the municipal corporation's closure order, emphasizing public health concerns. Separately, a former legislator was sentenced to one year imprisonment for assaulting a police officer in a 2014 case. Authorities arrested an associate of a deceased drug smuggler for illegally demolishing and attempting to sell a property attached in a money laundering investigation. Customs officials seized drugs worth approximately Rs 14.5 crore from a passenger arriving from Bangkok. The Maharashtra government requested the central censor board to re-examine and halt the release of a Marathi film pending review. Additionally, multiple fatal accidents involving minors and pedestrians occurred in the region, and a human rights panel called for an investigation into deaths at a religious site in Madhya Pradesh.