SC orders CBI probe into ASI’s U-turn on Delhi monument
New Delhi, September 1
The Supreme Court has ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the decision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Union Government refusing to declare Shaikh Ali “Gumti” in Defence Colony in the national Capital solely on the basis of objection by the locality’s welfare association.
Directing the CBI to file a report in two months, a Bench led by Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah posted the matter for further hearing on November 12. “If in the interregnum, official respondents concerned so desire, they will be at liberty to take steps to protect the ‘Gumti’, in accordance with law,” the Bench said.
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