ASHRAY ADHIKAR ABHIYAN vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of the right of homeless deceased persons to a decent burial, as raised by a letter from Ashray Adhikar Abhiyan. The Court found that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, along with the police, is already taking adequate steps to ensure that unclaimed bodies are cremated or buried according to religious beliefs, and thus declined to issue further directions. The Court emphasized that while the guidelines proposed by the petitioner were extensive, they exceeded the original prayer and were impractical.