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 .