Sharing a few glimpses from Pravasi Legal Cell's Consultation Meeting on "Repatriation of Mortal Remains: Posthumous Bodily Integrity under Challenge" organised at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Honourable Justice (Rtd.) Kurian Joseph (Supreme Court of India), D. Raja MP (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha), Adv. Jose Abraham (President, Pravasi Legal Cell), Dr. Bins Sebastian (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, St. Stephen’s College), advocates Sanjay Hegde, Santhosh Paul, Neema Noor, and MP Srivignesh spoke during the meeting. Chairman, Parliamentary Committee for External Affairs and Former Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi Tharoor joined the meeting virtually.
PIL in Delhi HC challenges airlines' policy on Repatriation of Mortal remains
The illegal and arbitrary practice of weighing mortal remains and charging for its transportation accordingly by airlines has been challenged through a Public Interest Litigation before the Delhi High Court. Pravasi Legal Cell, a Delhi based NGO, has filed the PIL seeking guidelines to regulate the practice of carrying dead bodies of Indians dying abroad. Currently, the airlines including Air India treat human remains as cargo and charge the shipping of the same accordingly. Apart from accusing airlines of violating human dignity through this practice, there is also allegation about the exorbitant rates that AI charges for repatriation of mortal remains. Recently Air India was in news regarding its cancellation of the 50% discount that was applicable on transportation of mortal remains from UAE to India. With this, the charges increased to about eighty thousand rupees for carrying a dead body back to India from the UAE, which is unbearable to most of the low-paid India...
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