New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court today directed that historic monuments located inside Mehrauli Archaeological Park, including the 12th-century Ashiq Allah Dargah and the Chillagah of Baba Farid, must be preserved and asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to consider taking them under its supervision for repair and renovation.
A Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan was hearing appeals against a Delhi High Court order which had declined to protect the structures from proposed demolition by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Petitioners argued that the centuries-old sites, of cultural and religious significance were wrongly treated as encroachments.
Pulling up the DDA during the hearing, Just...