Hathras Rape-Murder Case | "Sensitize Officers To Follow SOP For Dignified Cremation Of Dead Bodies": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
2 years, 4 months ago

Hathras Rape-Murder Case | "Sensitize Officers To Follow SOP For Dignified Cremation Of Dead Bodies": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to notify and implement its Scheme/SOP for the cremation of dead bodies throughout the state and give it wide publicity such as at Police Stations, Hospitals, Primary Health Centers, District Headquarters, Tehsil, Collectorate, etc.The Court has also directed it to sensitize the Officers and employees under the State who are to. The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to notify and implement its Scheme/SOP for the cremation of dead bodies throughout the state and give it wide publicity such as at Police Stations, Hospitals, Primary Health Centers, District Headquarters, Tehsil, Collectorate, etc. The Court has also directed it to sensitize the Officers and employees under the State who are to be involved in the cremation of dead bodies to follow UP Govt's fresh scheme/SOP regarding dignified cremation of dead bodies. Further, the Court perused the SOP for the cremation of dead bodies filed before us by the State Government through the affidavit of Rajesh Kumar Rai, Special Secretary, Home, Government of U.P., Lucknow, the Court suggested certain changes and directed the state to notify the same.

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Live Law  

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Law  

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Firstpost  

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India TV News  

Coming down hard on police and administration officials, the Allahabad High Court has called the late-night cremation of the Hathras woman who died after alleged gang-rape a violation of human rights for which responsibility should be fixed. In its order after Monday’s hearing, the Lucknow bench of the high court warned against “character assassination” of the victim and urged restraint …

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News 18  

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said the victim of the Hathras gang-rape and murder was entitled to a decent cremation in accordance with her religious customs, which “essentially are to be performed by her family”. The Uttar Pradesh Police had “cremated” the body of the victim in the dead of the night, in the family’s absence, leading to outrage …

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Live Law  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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India TV News  

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4 years, 2 months ago

Allahabad HC raps UP police, says Hathras victim was entitled to decent cremation

India Today  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the Hathras incident and the events leading up to the cremation of the victim in the Hathras alleged rape and murder case and issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government. Justices Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh said the matter was of “immense public importance and public interest as it …

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4 years, 2 months ago

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Live Law  

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the Hathras gang rape case, stating that is an "extremely sensitive" matter, touching upon the basic human/ fundamental rights of the citizens. Further the Court noted, as per media reports, "the cremation took place at about 2:00 - 2:30 AM and from the aforesaid reports and …

Uttar Pradesh Police forcibly took Hathras gangrape victim’s remains for cremation, claims family
4 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

The victim’s kin alleged that the body was taken directly to the crematorium in an attempt to ‘hush up the case’, while cops said last rites were performed as per the family’s wishes Hathras: The 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated here in the early …

Hathras gangrape: Hurried cremation outrages nation, UP Police defends actions as contradictory claims emerge
4 years, 2 months ago

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India Today  

A heinous gangrape, a brutal death, a hurried cremation, a grieving family and multiple contradictory claims. "The cremation of Hathras gangrape victim by the Uttar Pradesh Police without handing over the body to the family or without their consent and in their absence in the dead of night is raising doubts and resentment,” she said, asking for the Supreme Court …

Outraged India demands justice for Hathras victim; Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Raut, other leaders slam UP govt's 'inaction'
4 years, 2 months ago

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India Today  

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4 years, 2 months ago

Exclusive: UP Police cremate Hathras gangrape victim's body despite family's protest

India Today  

The body of the Dalit woman who was gangraped and murdered allegedly by four men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, was cremated at 2.45 am on Wednesday. The victim's family said the UP Police forcibly performed the last rites despite repeated requests to bring her body back home one last time. The UP Police also took the victim's family back to …

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