An Indian girl approached Delhi High Court searching for mortal stays of her deceased Hindu Husband who was mistakenly buried as per the Muslim rites in Saudi Arabia after an official translator on the Indian Consulate wrongly declared the person as Muslim.
The deceased’s spouse has approached the court docket searching for course to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take steps to urgently exhume the stays and repatriate them to India in a time sure method for conducting of rites in accordance with deceased particular person’s faith.
The man, recognized as Sanjeev Kumar, was an Indian migrant and Indian passport holder who handed away resulting from a cardiac arrest in Saudi Arabia on January 24. His mortal stays have been stored on the Baesh General Hospital in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. The involved hospital licensed the demise of the person. However, the official translator of the Indian Consulate incorrectly translated the loss of life certificates, declaring the person as Muslim.
In a writ petition filed by means of advocate Subhash Chandran Ok R, the petitioner mentioned that on getting the data of her husband’s loss of life, her relations requested the involved authority to repatriate the mortal stays to India.
Anju Sharma, the spouse of the deceased additional within the plea said that even after seven weeks of the loss of life, the authorities didn’t do needed formalities to repatriate the mortal stays of Sanjeev Kumar to India.
According to information company PTI, Justice Prathiba M Singh listening to the case, mentioned that “the concerned officer from the MEA not below the rank of deputy secretary shall join the proceedings on March 18 to apprise this court about the update on steps taken and status on transportation of mortal remains of the deceased.”
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“Adequate steps ought to have been taken to bring back the body of the deceased to India to conduct the last rite,” Singh famous.
The plea additionally sought motion in opposition to the involved officers of Indian Consulate at Jeddah for his or her wilful negligence. It additionally requested a corrected loss of life certificates of the deceased and provide the doc to the spouse.
