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Uttarakhand High Court shuts door on PIL in Barelvi-Deobandi graveyard dispute, directs parties to civil court

The Indian Express·Somya Panwar·about 1 month ago
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Dispute over burial rights does fall under Public Interest Litigation. (Image is generated using AI) Holding that a dispute between two communities over burial space does not fall under the ambit of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Uttarakhand High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by a man seeking burial rights and access to kabristan (burial ground for muslims) in the state’s Bhaniyawala village. Observing that such community-specific disputes must be resolved through civil proceedings, Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta rejected the plea, which alleged that members of the Deobandi community were preventing the Barelvi community from using the kabristan.…

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