THE MAHARASHTRA authorities on Friday instructed Supreme Court docket that it had accomplished demolition of all alleged encroachments across the tomb of Afzal Khan in Satara district in step with instructions of Bombay Excessive Court docket.
Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, showing for the state, instructed a bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud that the district collector will file a report on the standing of the anti-encroachment motion carried on the land, which belonged to the forest and income departments, inside two weeks.
He stated the state was solely implementing the order of the Bombay Excessive Court docket, which had not been stayed by any larger courtroom.
Afzal Khan, a common who served the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur Sultanate, was killed by Chatrapati Shivaji close to Pratapgarh Fort in Satar district.
Showing for the Hazrat Mohd. Afzal Khan Memorial Society, Advocate Mohd Nizam Pasha stated that within the identify of the demolition, even the primary construction which was a nationwide heritage had been destroyed.
The courtroom stated it’s going to first see the standing report back to be filed by the district collector and gave the state two weeks time to submit the identical earlier than it. Although the Society sought keep on any additional demolition, the bench didn’t move any such route.