India, Sept. 5 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for its inaction in cleaning and ensuring sanitation around the 700-year-old Lodi-era Gumti of Shaikh Ali monument in Defence Colony and directed the MCD commissioner to hold officers accountable for failing to comply with the court orders.

The MCD commissioner, who had been summoned earlier in the day, was also asked to present a time-bound proposal to complete the pending tasks at the site.

Examining a petition seeking restoration and preservation of the Gumti of Shaikh Ali, a bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and SVN Bhatti told MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar that the civic agency's approach in the matter showed there ...