The Punjab authorities on Friday night time undertook to not go forward with the demolition of advocate Nikhil Saraf’s farmhouse in Mohali district.
The enterprise got here throughout a late-evening listening to earlier than a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom headed by Justice HS Sethi.
Saraf round a fortnight again had moved the excessive courtroom alleging that senior Punjab officers are concerned in numerous scams, together with “money for transfers; money for getting beneficial insurance policies; money for tenders, and such different unlawful actions”.
Performing on his plea, the excessive courtroom had earlier directed counsel representing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to position earlier than it communications allegedly despatched to the Punjab Director-Basic of Police within the matter.
The matter was delivered to the excessive courtroom’s discover by the Bar Affiliation. Its president Rohit Sud and different members have been current throughout the listening to
Saraf later in a tweet mentioned: “Extraordinarily happy with the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom Bar Affiliation to have taken up the matter in CWP (PIL) in the present day. A particular Division Bench was constituted to listen to the matter.
“Punjab Govt has given an enterprise that no Demolition will happen until September 11. The discover for demolition was pasted with out even offering a talking order.
“The notices issued by the Punjab Tourism (in collusion with the mining mafia) will probably be handled in accordance with legislation.
“The battle has simply begun, have by no means seen cowardice and conceitedness of energy succeed.”
