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[Dead bodies - Covid19] Allahabad High hears a matter pertaining to the dead bodies buried near river ganga at different ghats near Prayagraj

A Bench Led by CJ Sanjay Yadav is hearing the matter.

Court: Please tell us what have you contributed to this public interest cause?

If you are a public-spirited person, tell us how many bodies you have been able to identify and give them decent burial or cremation

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Advocate Pranvesh: I have personally visited these places and the situation is very bad.

Court: What is your personal contribution to the cause you are raising, tell us if you dug out and cremated bodies?

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Court: There are traditions, there are customs and people from various communities reside on the banks of Ganga. Please show us the contributation you made to this cause?

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Court: Everyone has visited these ghats, someone or the other has lost someone.

Pranvesh: Please call for an affidavit in this regard

Court: We are not satisfied, we will not call for the affidavit. If this is a public cause then how have you contributed to this?

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Pranvesh: Please refer to para 13 of the affidavit and I have been making people aware to go to the electric cremation

Court: Where is that effort? Please let us see how many people have you helped?

Pranvesh: I have no records but understand the situation is very devastating.

Court: You better do some research and withdraw, we are not entertaining such petitions.

Pranvesh: The situation is very devastating

Court: We are not interested in respect of these heavy words and adjectives. There are ground realities you have not examined.

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CJ: You know we won't allow such types of petitions, merely for the sake of it.

"Please show some contribution otherwise we may impose a heavy cost because these are not public interest litigation, but publicity interest litigation."

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You have not examined the ground realities, if you say that
@India_NHRC has passed an order regarding this matter, go and complain with them and that this is not being heard by them.

"Please don't come to court seeking directions."

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Pranvesh: It is the responsibility of state to perform cremation according to religious rites, & dispose of the dead bodies buried alongside the Ganga River.

Court: Why should the state do that? If there is a death in a family, is it state's responsibility?

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Court: There are ample practice and there are various communities which practice different rites and you have done no research.

We are not entertaining such petitions and the relief cannot be granted, do research and come back.

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Court dictates order.

- We are of the view that the petitioner has not done any research regarding the rites & customs which are there amongst various communities living near ganga

- We allow him to withdraw and file again with some research work

- The Petition is dismissed