TIME LINE OF THE DISPUTE

2005 – Adarsh allegedly got the power of attorney from Abdul Rashid, co-executor of Sir Yusuf Khot’s estate to the Kanjur Village property. An agreement to that effect was also entered into between Adarsh and executors of the estate 2006 – Adarsh move HC seeking specific performance of the 2005 agreement 2006 – Executors dispute power of attorney, agreement and deny receiving ₹11 lakh towards the development agreement

2006 – HC orders both Adarsh and estate executors to maintain status quo 2012 – Abdul Rashid dies, his brother Faruq Abdul is the remaining executor

2018 – Faruq Abdul files a private complaint in the Mulund metropolitan magistrate court. The court directs registration of FIR against directors of Adarsh 2018 – Adarsh directors tell HC that original documents of power of attorney and development agreement are lost, give photocopies 2018 – Court directs Faruq Abdul to inspect photocopies of the documents

2018 - Abdul informs court that documents are forged, interpolated, fabricated.

of the power of attorney and agreement furnished by Adarsh revealed that they were fabricated and interpolated and when the original documents were sought from Adarsh, they submitted that the originals were lost. The inspection also revealed there was a difference in the documents submitted in 2006 and the photocopies provided by Adarsh recently, he said.

In light of the submissions, the bench not only restrained Adarsh from violating the status quo but also directed the collector, tehsildar, talathi and superintendent of land records from effecting any changes to the record books. It then posted the matter for hearing on January 10.