Delhi Court Dismisses Plea Claiming Ownership Of Qutub Minar Land; ‘I Am A Sovereign,’ Said Petitioner

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a plea claiming ownership of the land housing the Qutub Minar complex. A man called Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Prasad Singh had filed an intervention application through advocate ML Sharma claiming ownership of all land between Ganga and Yamuna from Agra to Gurugram, Bar&Bench reported.

Judge Dinesh Kumar dismissed the application appearing via video conferencing for the various parties. The court also posted the hearing of the suit seeking restoration of puja inside the monument complex on October 19.

Earlier, Singh had pleaded before the court saying, “I’m 78 now. 60-70 years I have been fighting. I still have the authority of being a sovereign king. Now the sovereignty was to be dominated to the Indian dominion but in my case it hasn’t been transferred (sic).”

The applicant called himself the ruler of the united provinces of Agra from the 16th century. “I’m the lawful owner of this property right from that. In 1947, I was 3 years old. I was a minor child. After the government was formed in 1947, it encroached on the area without considering my right,” asserted Singh.

The Court, however, pointed out that the question before it did not pertain to the ownership of the property.