The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh seeking the removal of graves of terrorists Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat, who were executed in 2013 and 1984 respectively, from Tihar jail.

The organisation, through advocate Manoj Sinha , sought the removal of the graves on the ground that they are being used for “pilgrimage” where “people commit crime outside and go there to pay homage…”

The division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela questioned what statutory law or fundamental or constitutional rights are being violated through the existence of the graves.

CJ Upadhyaya orally remarked, “You’ve to make a case for infringement of statutory provisions, or constitutional rights… (otherwise) it is

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