Decision to repatriate mortal remains to be made on the basis of citizenship, rules: Kerala HC

Any determination connected repatriation of the mortal remains of a idiosyncratic ought to beryllium made chiefly connected the ground of citizenship and rules, the Kerala High Court has held.

The tribunal was proceeding a plea by a maternal uncle of a idiosyncratic who died successful the U.K., seeking a absorption to repatriate his nephew’s mortal remains to India. The idiosyncratic had implicit clip acquired U.K. citizenship. After his death, the Indian embassy successful the U.K. sought an Indian passport oregon an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, to bring his assemblage to India.