Dynamite News Supreme Court Junks ‘Publicity Interest Litigation’ On Taj Mahal Age
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking determination of the age of the Taj Mahal. Read on for details:
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a (Publicity Interest Litigation) PIL seeking determination of the age of the Taj Mahal and removing "wrong facts" about its construction from all text books of the Mughal era monument.
SC refuses to entertain a plea seeking to issue direction to authorities concerned "to remove wrong historical facts related to construction of Taj Mahal by Shah Jahan" from history books&text books referred to in schools, colleges, universities. Petitioner withdraws his petition pic.twitter.com/R9ulq4TL9f
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A two-judge Bench headed by Justice M R Shah and also comprising Justice C T Ravikumar junked the petition filed by Surjit Singh Yadav and said it was for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to consider these issues.
"Do not drag the courts into everything. Can we determine what is the age Taj Mahal and the historical facts behind it after 400 years?" the bench asked.
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Yadav withdrew the petition. Justice Shah added: "I don't know even my age. So, how can we hear such petitions?" "Petition dismissed as withdrawn," the bench said. (UNI)