PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 3000 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3000 of 2025 Civil Society of Agra through its Secretary Sri Anil Sharma .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India through its Ministry of Culture and 5 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Agam Jain, Akash Pandey, Aklank Kumar Jain Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Manoj Kumar Singh, Pooja Singh Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents not to construct Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial at Kothi Meena Bazar, Agra till the conclusion of the report of Research Committee in the context of Shivaji's history. 2. Submissions have been made that the Government of Maharashtra is proposing to set up a memorial at Kothi Meena Bazar, which is not justified as the said place has no connection with Shivaji Maharaj. Further submissions have been made that instead of said place, Sarai Malikchand is some what connected with Shivaji Maharaj wherein a memorial can be set up. 3. Submissions have been made that a Research Commi