The Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition that sought to learn the "real age" and "real history" of the Taj Mahal on Monday.
"As far as your demand to order an enquiry into the age of the Taj Mahal, I don't even know my age… So let it be," Justice M. R. Shah told a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Surjit Yadav, the petitioner.
"We are not here to reopen history. Let history continue," the court told the petitioner.
The court asked Yadav to make a representation before the Archaeological Survey of India.
Yadav, in his petition, said that according to his research, a mansion already existed at the site where the Taj Mahal was built.
In October, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also filed a petition with the Allahabad High Court requesting that it open 22 rooms of the world-famous structure.
Dismissing the petition, the High Court said, "Tomorrow you'll come and ask us to go to the chambers of the honourable judges? Please, don't make a mockery of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) system."
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has said that the rooms at the Mughal-era monument remain sealed because of security reasons.