NEW DELHI, April 28 -- The Supreme Court has sought the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to submit its response on the vision document and plan devised for safeguarding the Taj Mahal. A bench consisting of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Uttar Pradesh government to furnish a copy of the vision document and instructed the ASI to provide its response within two months.

"We direct the State of Uttar Pradesh to produce a copy of the vision plan on record and provide soft copies thereof to the learned counsel appearing for the parties," the apex court stated in its order.

"We direct the ASI to look into the vision plan and submit its response to the vision plan in the form of an affidavit before this Court within a per...