'Health And Safety Concerns Should Precede over Religious Rights' : Plea In SC To Stop Burial Of Persons who Died of COVID-19 In 3 Mumbai Cemeteries

Fearing the risk of COVID-19 spreading through infected dead bodies, a Mumbai resident has moved Supreme Court seeking a stay on burials being allowed in 3 cemeteries next to his residential area. Aggrieved by the Bombay High Court's order of April 27, refusing to stay burials of deceased in these 3 cemeteries in Bandra West, the petitioner has sought Special Leave to appeal against...