Shooting of Salman Khan' film 'Veer' at historic Amer Fort here will be discontinued with the Rajasthan High Court today ordering the film unit to pack up its bags from the protected monuments where a wall collapsed during filming yesterday.

While ordering the film unit to stop shooting, a Division Bench comprising Justice Ashok Parihar and Justice G S Sarraf also issued a notice to the state government to explain why strict norms related to "protected" historical monuments were not followed in the case.

"Money and greed, coupled with power create blindness, madness and the person becomes totally insane and insensitive.

When the Government and public authorities indulge in such practice, a great havoc is created resulting in chaos all around. The episode and mishap happened in Amer Palace, Jaipur yesterday is a glaring example of the same," the court said.

Besides, Bollywood star Salman Khan the film also features state tourism minister Bina Kak.

The court took a strong view on yesterday's incident in which at least 15 onlookers, including two cameramen, were injured when a portion of wall at the historic Amer Fort collapsed during shooting of the film.

It also sought a detailed report with regard to giving permission for constructing a huge set and film shooting in the complex even though there is restriction on photography and video shooting for the tourists there.

"The entire original land-scape of the main courtyard at the entrance of Amer Fort, Palace and Temple have been destroyed. The trees, fountains, flower beds covered by carved stone Jalees have been razed to the ground, may be, to allow the construction of huge sets for film shootings as in the present case," the court said.

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