New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to remove illegal construction at the purported excavated mosque site near the historic Jama Masjid.
A special bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked the ASI to implement its order dated July 19 in which it directed North Delhi Municipal Corporation to remove the unauthorised construction within 15 days.
People in Subhas Nagar area close to Jama Masjid started the construction of a mosque at the site after a building’s remains were discovered early this month at the site excavated for Delhi Metro work.
The area people claimed that the remains were those of the 17th century Mughal-era Akbarabadi mosque.
