Srinagar, Sep 24, 2025

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru from the premises of the Tihar jail.

While Maqbool Bhat was hanged in Tihar jail on February 11, 1984, Afzal Guru was hanged on February 9, 2013, in the same jail.

Both were later buried in the jail premises after performing the last rites according to the laid-down Islamic principles.

The PIL was filed by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh and an individual named Jitendra Singh. The petition argued that the construction and continued presence of the graves inside a state-run prison were “illegal, unconstitutional, and against public interest”.

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela of the Delhi High

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