The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the city Government's response on a PIl challenging its decision to declare as "martyr" a Rajasthan farmer who had allegedly hanged himself at an AAP rally at Jantar Mantar. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw asked Delhi Government's standing counsel to take instructions on the PIl filed by a lawyer who also sought directions to restrain the Arvind Kejriwal Government from putting up a statue in memory of the farmer Gajendra Singh Kalyanwat.
"The standing counsel for Delhi government seeks time to get instruction regarding the averment made in the petition. The same is allowed," the bench said. Government's standing counsel Raman Duggal agreed to get instructions over the issue, saying he has not received the copy of the petition. The court, meanwhile, declined the petitioner's request to restrain Delhi government from putting up the statue of the deceased farmer, saying, "there is no material before us about the cabinet decision."