The Chhattisgarh high court has ordered burial of the body of a woman, who had converted to Christianity, on the private land owned by her in her native village in Bastar district of the state as per her family's wishes.
A bench of Justice Parth Prateem Sahu passed the order on Monday while hearing a petition filed by Ramlal Kashyap of Arracote village under Parpa police station limits in Bastar district of the state.
Kashyap filed the petition for the last rites of his mother at the graveyard located in his native Arracote village as per the Christian customs and traditions, but the local tribal villagers objected to it.
In its order, the court said, "It is already a well-settled principle of law in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, including the right of persons, to have a decent burial. Right to life implies a meaningful life with human dignity, not just an animal life, and this right also extends to a person who is dead. This right extends until death of a person which covers the right to decent life up to death, including a decent death procedure." -- PTI
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