On Shaheed Diwas, family members of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar demanded the status of national martyr for them.
On Shaheed Diwas, family members of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar demanded the status of national martyr for them.
One of Sukhdev’s relatives said: “Been 70 years since India got independent & they've still not got the status of 'National Martyr'. What can be more shameful than this? They sacrificed their lives for India & govt hasn't even sanctioned a day's leave to commemorate that.”
In December, the Delhi High Court dismissed a plea to issue to martyr status to the trio.
Stating that it cannot pass any direction on the issue of giving martyr status to freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking directions from the court.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said "the plea is dismissed. We cannot issue such a direction." The court dismissed the plea after the petitioner failed to reply to the court's query on whether there is any law under which the court has the power to issue any such direction.
The plea filed by advocate Birender Sangwan had sought granting of 'shaheed' (martyr) status to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, who were hanged by the Britishers in 1931. "The grant of 'shaheed' status is very much essential for HC a martyr and it is the legal right of a martyr to have such a status declared to them, thus it is an expression of gratitude towards them," the plea had contended.
In 1928, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru had shot a British junior police officer, John Saunders in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan, mistaking him for a British police superintendent. A special tribunal was constituted by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India.
March 23 is marked as Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day to remember the day when three brave freedom fighters were hanged by the British.
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