India, Oct. 16 -- The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court (SC) that several state governments and their entities, besides others, have encroached upon defence lands and efforts are being made to remove them.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the high-powered independent committee constituted by the Centre to oversee the steps taken to remove the encroachments on defence lands and file its interim report in two weeks.
The bench was told by Attorney General R Venkataramani that the panel has been visiting the sites and identifying the encroachments, but facing some resistance and hence some directions and indulgence of the court were required.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for NGO Common Cause - which f...