The Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the petitions related to the recent Maratha morcha for four weeks, while remarking that photographs presented before the bench clearly indicated large-scale damage to public property during the agitation.

The bench, headed by Chief Justice Chandrashekhar, expressed concern that despite appeals for peaceful demonstrations, public property worth crores appeared to have been destroyed during the agitation. “Looking at these photographs, it is apparent that there has been massive damage. Such agitations cannot come at the cost of law and order or the common citizen,” the court noted.

Appearing for Maratha leader Manoj Jarange Patil, senior advocate Satish Maneshinde argued that the matter was being exaggerated through selective visuals. “There are already criminal cases registered regarding the incidents of damage. Some of the photos presented before this court are not from the recent protest at all; they are old images being circulated again,” Maneshinde submitted, urging the bench to avoid drawing conclusions without proper verification.