Municipalities Act

Bombay High Court division bench heard a PIL filed  concerning the establishment, upkeep and maintenance of crematoria, cemeteries and kabrastans in the State of Goa.  The pleadings reveal a shortage extending to about 43 crematoria, 50 cemeteries and about 172 kabrastans in the State of Goa.

While appreciating counsel for Petitioner, a two-judge Supreme Court bench has said prima facie, he rightly pointed out that the impugned order passed by MP High Court, rejecting the Anticipatory Bail of Petitioner is in the teeth of the mandate of this Court in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. (2021) 10 SCC 773 and Siddharth v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. (2022) 1 SCC 676.