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A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C.
Hari Shankar pulled up the Rajghat Samadhi Committee (RSC), set up for its maintenance, preservation and administration, over its failure to perform its statutory functions. more-inThe Delhi High Court on Thursday asked why Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial at Rajghat in the Capital was being treated in an unhygienic” and “deplorable” manner. “We have...wondered as to whether places of worship can be treated in such an unhealthy and an unhygienic condition,” the Bench said, referring to Rajghat Samadhi as similar to a place of worship. The court had earlier expressed displeasure over keeping a donation box at Rajghat, saying it was a “disrespectful” gesture to Gandhiji. Public interest litigationThe court was hearing a public interest litigation, which alleged that Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial was not being maintained properly..