The Supreme Court on Tuesday told UP Sunni Central Wakf Board to produce original title documents bearing emperor Shah Jahan’s signatures handing over Taj Mahal as Wakf property if the court had to accept the board’s claim over the world famous monument.“Who in India will accept that the Taj Mahal belongs to the Wakf Board?” Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said, demanding to know when Wakf Board came into the picture while tracing the history of the monument.“When was it given to you? When did you come in? For over 250 years the East India Company was in possession. After that it passed to the central government. The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has been in charge of managing it. It had the right of administration,” he observed.The board, through senior advocate V Giri, insisted that Shah Jahan had declared Taj Mahal as Wakf property.This prompted the three-member bench of CJI and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud to demand to see the original title deeds.“Shah Jahan was in jail. He was looking at the Taj,” the CJI scoffed. “I want to see Shah Jahan’s handwriting, his signature if there’s any such document. It would be very interesting to see his handwriting, his signature.”ASI had moved the top court in August 2005 after the board registered Taj as Wakf property. The top court had then issued notices on ASI’s plea and stayed the board’s move. The issue has been pending in court since.ASI was represented in the court by senior advocate ADN Rao.Giri sought more time to produce books and other historical exhibits that show Taj Mahal was indeed Wakf property from Shah Jahan’s time.That won’t do, the CJI observed, insisting on primary documents to show title over the monument.The bench eventually adjourned the matter as part-heard, possibly to allow the board to come up with documents to back its claims.The issue first landed in court when a UP resident, claiming to be a Mughal descendant, moved the Allahabad High Court to press his claims to be appointed as caretaker of the monument.The High Court refused to intervene and asked him to make a representation instead to the Wakf Board, which went ahead and registered it as its own property.The board is currently locked in another high-profile battle in the Supreme Court over ownership of the Ayodhya land, over which the now demolished Babri Masjid once stood. The Nirmohi Akhara and the deity, technically a minor under the law, are the contesting parties in that case.