The oral remark of Additional District Judge Nikhil Chopra of Saket Court was during the hearing of an appeal challenging the rejection of a suit alleging that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli was built in place of a temple complex.
A Delhi court on Tuesday observed that the deity at the Qutub Minar Complex has survived for 800 years without any worship, and "let it survive in that way".The oral remark of Additional District Judge Nikhil Chopra of Saket Court was .