The Supreme Court on Friday sent back to the Gujarat High Court a plea filed by Tushar Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, challenging the “redevelopment” of the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud did not comment on the merits of the case.
The court allowed Mr. Gandhi and the Gujarat government to request the High Court to hear and dispose of the case expeditiously.
Mr. Gandhi had moved the top court challenging the Gujarat High Court’s decision, in November last year, to reject his plea on the basis of an assurance by the State government that the redevelopment would “not touch” three key attractions in the one-acre area housing the main ashram.
