 Due to violations of Supreme Court laws, which state that no  vehicles or smoke/polluting devices are to come within 500 meters of  the Taj Mahal (on 11 December), by the unit of Shaad Ali, the  director of the film, the District Magistrate and Senior  Superintendent of the Police of Agra, have been issued notices by  the civil judge (junior division) Shahid Raza. The court issued the  notices based on the plea of social workers Subhash Dhal, Jagdish  Varma and Rajnish Gupta. On the said date, the unit used black smoke  devices, generator sets within 200 meters of the Taj and even  brought vehicles within the same distance and despite being brought  to the notice of the district administration, no action was taken to  sort the matter or stop the shooting.