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A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh through Advocate Barun Sinha.

The petition claimed that the burial sites near Jail No. 3 had turned Tihar into a “radical pilgrimage spot” for extremist elements, in violation of the Delhi Prisons Rules, 2018 and the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act.

The Bench, however, pressed the petitioner to produce evidence. “You are saying people are going there and paying homage, but where is the data? Removing a grave which has been there for 12 years… Can we challenge that now?” Chief Justice Upadhyaya observed. It also noted that the government had decided at the time of executions to bury the convicts inside t

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