Hearing adjourned till April 27 on suit seeking to restore temples in Qutub Minar complex ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 11:48 IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned till April 27 hearing on a civil suit seeking restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples in the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli, a lawyer familiar with the development said.
On December 24 last year, the Saket court had sought to know the locus of the plaintiff and maintainability of the civil suit and had listed the matter for hearing for March 6.
The court was hearing a civil suit filed on behalf of Hindu deity Lord Vishnu, Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev and others through next friend advocates Hari Shankar Jain, Ranajna Agnihotri and Vishnu Shankar Jain.
Updated Dec 24, 2020 | 16:13 IST
The PIL asked the court to direct the government to form a trust to restore the 27 temples within Qutub Complex Qutub Minar | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: The Saket Court in Delhi, on Thursday, asked if it has the powers to create a trust for the restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples within the Qutub complex in the national capital. The court was hearing a petition which sought restoration of these religious places within the complex. The court also asked if a deity or a devotee could approach the court seeking such directions.
A petition in the court approached the court requesting if it could direct the central government to create a trust under the Trust Act 1882 and hand over the management and administration of the temple complex situated within the area of Qutub Complex in Mehrauli after framing a scheme of the administration to such trust .
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Court seeks to know locus of plaintiff, maintainability of civil suit seeking restoration of Qutub complex temples ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 22:53 IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): The Saket Court on Thursday sought to know the locus of the plaintiff and maintainability of a civil suit seeking restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples in the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli.
Civil Judge Neha Sharma, after hearing the submission of the plaintiff, sought to know whether the court had the right to form a trust in the civil suit and asked the plaintiff to file written submission in this regard while posting the matter for March 6, 2021.
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