Allahabad HC Seeks Centre, ASI's Reply on Plea to Survey the Taj Mahal in Temple Claim Case |
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New Delhi: The Allahabad high court on Monday (July 6) has sought responses from the Union government and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on a petition seeking a court-appointed inspection of the Taj Mahal in an ongoing civil lawsuit claiming that the UNESCO world heritage site was originally the Tejo Mahalaya, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Hearing the matter, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued notices to the centre and ASI, directing them to file their responses to the petition. The request for instituting an Advocate Commissioner to examine and photograph the monument has already been rejected twice by lower courts – an Agra trial court in 2019 and a revisional court in April 2026 – prompting the petitioners to move the high court.
The plea has been filed on behalf of the deity Lord Sri Agreshwar Mahadev Nagnatheshwar Virajman Tejo Mahalaya Temple Palace........