Taj Mahal : 400 years of history cannot be changed, says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The plaintiff claimed that the history printed in the children’s book about the Taj Mahal was not correct at all. He asked for a look at the history. The petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a re-examination of the history of the Taj Mahal. The country’s top court also reprimanded the plaintiff.

“After 400 years, the pages of history cannot be opened again.The plaintiff claimed that the history printed in the children’s book about the Taj Mahal was not correct at all. He said that it is necessary to examine the history afresh and introduce ‘objective’ history in the text book. A division bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar dismissed the petition.About the Taj Mahal, a section of people complain that the age of this architecture of Agra is very old. The Taj Mahal has existed not before the Mughal period.

That is, the litigants are reluctant to accept the history that mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his deceased wife Mumtaz. It was also claimed that a fresh study was needed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).During the hearing of the case on Monday, the Supreme Court judge told the litigant, “You have said in the petition that wrong history has to be changed. Does that mean you yourself have assumed that the history of the Taj Mahal is wrong?”Sachidanand Pandey had made a public interest litigation on the Taj Mahal.

Advocate Varun Kumar Sinha is fighting the case on his behalf. In response to his statement, the judge said, “A public interest litigation cannot be filed for petty inquiries. The Taj Mahal has been there for 400 years. Let it be as it is. You leave it to the ASI to decide on this matter. Don’t drag the court into everything. After 400 years, the pages of history cannot be reopened. The court has no expertise in archaeology. ’’