One occasionally hears sniping from the BJP about the Taj Mahal itself, with local BJP officials going so far as to remove it from some tourist guides. The matter has been in the courts ever since and this month India’s Supreme Court delivered its resolution. The Supreme Court heard the case for several months this summer, after the BJP’s landslide election victory in May. It is said of the American Supreme Court that the judges read the election returns. The Supreme Court finally granted them bail, a highly charged decision as it implies that the convictions being appealed are indeed suspect.

Source: National Post November 29, 2019 19:49 UTC