Qutub Minar Case News: The hearing of a case of Qutub Minar was postponed in Saket Court on Saturday (December 17). The matter is about the ownership of Qutub Minar. Petitioner Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Prasad Singh (Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Prasad Singh) has claimed ownership of the land where Qutub Minar is located.
The hearing is pending on the petitions of the Hindu side demanding re-establishment of idols of deities and worship in the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque located in the Qutub Minar complex. Claiming ownership rights, Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh has demanded to be made a party in the case. The hearing on Singh’s application has been adjourned till December 24.
It is noteworthy that the application seeking impleadment of Singh has been rejected once. He has filed a review petition in the court demanding reconsideration from the court. The court will hear the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque case only after the disposal of Singh’s application.
The lawyer told from where to where the petitioner’s princely state
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The petitioner Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad had claimed that he has ancestral rights on the land from Agra to Meerut. He has declared himself the successor of Agra United Provinces. On this basis, he has demanded to make himself a party. Advocate ML Sharma had told the court that the entire area of South Delhi comes under the princely state of Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh, so he should be made a party to it.
Petitioner Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad had claimed that the government does not have the right to decide about the land around Qutub Minar. At the same time, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is opposing such petitions. The complex is under the protection of ASI. In fact, in 1993, UNESCO included Qutub Minar in the list of world heritage sites.
What is the claim of Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh
Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh claims that Qutub Minar is standing on his ancestral land. According to him, the land belongs to Dhwaj Prasad Singh, the successor of Raja Rohini Raman of the Beswan family and the descendants of Raja Nandram. The matter is of 17th century.
According to Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad, when the country became independent from the British rule in 1947, the Government of India did not make a treaty regarding the land, nor did it merge. ASI says that why the petitioner did not say anything for the last one hundred and fifty years?
At the same time, the court says that the decision cannot be given on the petition demanding the worship of the idols of gods and goddesses in the premises before the disposal of the ownership application. The petition demanding worship has been rejected in the lower court. Petitioner and advocate Hari Shankar Jain and advocate Ranjana Agnihotri have demanded re-establishment and worship of idols of Hindu and Jain deities within the Qutub Minar complex.
