Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 109 · Decided 27 January 2025
Ramesh Baghel v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 109 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 961
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1235/2025
- Decided
- 27 January 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 15, 142, 15(1), 21, 25
Headnote
A plea of a Christian man to accord his father a decent burial in his own native village. Constitution of India - Arts.14 and 15 - Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 - Chhattisgarh Gram Panchayat (Regulating Places for Disposal Offensive Matter) Rules, 1999 - Appellant herein is a christian and belongs to the New Apostolic Church - His family and ancestors were native residents of village Chhindwada, Chhattisgarh for generations and belonged to the Mahra caste or community - The appellant's
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