Chhattisgarh HC: Dignified cremation part of right to life; orders revamp of sites

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh High Court has termed close to a dignified decease and cremation an intrinsic portion of the cardinal close to beingness enshrined nether Article 21 of the Constitution.

The reflection came Monday successful effect to a PIL registered suo motu by part seat of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru implicit mediocre authorities of Muktidham (cremation ground) successful Bilaspur’s Rahngi gram panchayat. The pronouncement followed the CJ’s sojourn to the tract for a ceremonial connected Sept 28 erstwhile helium recovered the installation successful a “pathetic condition”.The seat said a assemblage “deserves a respectable send-off” and the State had a law work to supply decent conditions astatine nationalist ceremonial facilities.

Failure to bash truthful amounted to an abdication of duty. The CJ recovered respective glaring deficiencies, including lack of fencing to demarcate the area, deficiency of due road, nary sanitation, lighting, shed, oregon seating for mourners and lack of caretaker, signboard, oregon helpline.The seat issued an 11-point directive and asked medication to instantly undertake corrective measures, including broad cleaning drives astatine each cremation/funeral grounds, fencing, installation of water, electricity, toilets, shelters, and seating, proviso of firewood/LPG, and functional electric/gas crematoria. HC asked panchayat and societal payment section secretary, main secretary, and Bilaspur collector to record idiosyncratic affidavits connected state’s roadmap for improving cremation grounds.

Next proceeding is connected Oct 13.