Chandigarh, March 31 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Punjab government's Mukh Mantri Tirth Yatra scheme, launched in November 2023.

The bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Ramesh Kumari, however, observed, "It would have been better if the Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra Scheme was only available for persons who can't afford the cost of tirath yatra."

The PIL by Hoshiarpur resident Parvinder Singh Kittna had questioned the government's move, terming it a "wastage" of tax payers' money, adding that it would not result in any development or welfare.

In the launch year, 13 trains ran for a period of 13 weeks, each carrying 1,000 devotees to various religious ...